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
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
Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2022 . Farewell: Andre Leon Talley I first met Andre Leon Tally at the American Embassy in Paris in 1994. Pamela Harriman was the U.S. Ambassador to France at that time. I was invited to a Vogue party in celebration of Steven Florio’s rise to President and CEO of Conde … Read more
Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2021 . A Revolution in Imaging . I’ve just learned of an amazing breakthrough in imaging technology. A camera the size of a grain of salt has been developed by a team of researchers at Princeton University and the University of Washington. In spite of its tiny size, the camera … Read more
Photography and Text by Ted Kawalerski, Copyright 2021 . Stunt Pilot . I was living in Rochester, New York at the time – about 37 years ago. Bausch&Lomb, the company that invented and manufactured Ray-Ban sunglasses, was one of my great clients – the kind of client that you ask the gods to connect with. … Read more
