Text by Joy Arnold, Copyright 2022 . Photography: Tony Ward – Creative Director: KVaughn – Hair Stylist: Michael Connor. Copyright 2022 . From Russia With Love: Part 1 . Past: Miss Joy’s Tale . I have this notion that everything in my past has led me where I am today…. I grew up in … Read more
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
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 A.H. Scott, Copyright 2022 . “The Words of Wait” . “African American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans.” – Senator Mitch McConnell, January 19th, 2022[A] Coming from a virginal ingénue in the topsy-turvy world of politics, this quote could be seen or just brushed off as a mistaken … Read more