Artwork and Text by Racquel Ward, Copyright 2019 This series entitled “Expo ” represents the rapidly growing body positive movement, which in recent years has challenged mainstream representations of beauty. In the U.S. and other western countries, thin white bodies served as the cornerstone for standards of beauty that most women, including many white… Continue reading Racquel Ward: “Expo”
Category: Portraiture
Bob Shell: Wherefore Blog?
Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #34 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 . Wherefore Blog? . A friend who looked at this blog summarized it as “look how smart I am!” That came as something of a shock. Sure, I’m as vain as any other man, but I hadn’t thought I might be… Continue reading Bob Shell: Wherefore Blog?
Diary: Theresa. A Visit to Alcatraz
. Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2019 . Diary: Theresa. A Visit to Alcatraz. 1980 . I first laid eyes on Theresa as she excited a cable car on a side street next to the Fairmount Hotel where I was staying in San Francisco on assignment in 1980. She walked directly towards… Continue reading Diary: Theresa. A Visit to Alcatraz
Bob Shell: Bondage?
. Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #31 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 . BONDAGE? . Why are “straight” people so freaked out over bondage? That’s a real puzzle to me. Here in the enlightened Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC), all bondage photos/videos are classified as “violent.”. That would come as a surprise to… Continue reading Bob Shell: Bondage?
2018: The Year in Covers
. . December 31, 2018 . Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2018 . As 2018 draws to a close, I would like to thank all of my contributing writers, associates and affiliates for the many compelling articles I’ve had the pleasure of posting over the past year. This gallery of covers represents… Continue reading 2018: The Year in Covers