tonyadmin Casting Call . Tony Ward Studio . I am presently casting female subjects between the ages of 18 and 80 for a new body of work entitled “Vixens.” The series is inspired by women from different walks of life that embody and exemplify the title of the series. Each person that is cast for the … Read more
Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2022 . Keith Murray: In Honor of Black History Month . When I received the call from George Pitts, picture editor for Vibe magazine in the Fall of 1994, I didn’t know who Keith Murray was. Most of the public didn’t know either until he released his first … Read more
Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2022 . 1980: My First Trip to London . The first memory I have about arriving in London in 1980 was trying to get my rental car out of the Hertz parking lot at Heathrow Airport. I was a 24 year old novice at driving on the opposite side of … Read more
Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2022 . New Music? . Do you listen to new music? If so, you’re in the minority, apparently. A study by MRC Data found that 70% of those surveyed only listen to old music. Why would that be, do you suppose? Could it be that those of us in older … Read more
Press Release: . Faces of Immigration: Photographs by Harvey Finkle . On Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 3:00-7:30pm . For five decades social worker turned photographer Harvey Finkle (Penn MSW ’61) has documented immigrant communities as well as social and political activism across Philadelphia and beyond. He began photographing the work of the Sanctuary Movement in … Read more