I had the distinct pleasure of spending Sunday the 2nd at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Midtown Manhattan, where I photographed the Green Mountain Project’s performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610. Two images ran in the Tuesday Art Section–one on the front. For the full account and to see the images, check [...]

December 26, 2010 – Manhattan, NY : Icy wind and snow whip down the Hudson River, beneath the George Washington Bridge and past the little red lighthouse at dusk on Dec. 26. *LICENSE THIS IMAGE* Just a quick post — above is a photograph from Dec. 26, when New York City was hit by a [...]

Inspired by all that’s cold or white, a look back into the archives: the top of a fishing boat making its way through the fog near Grand Manan, Canada; Prague’s old town from above; the Franz Josef Glacier on the South Island in New Zealand; Mass Hall at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME; and a [...]

December 8, 2010 – Bronx, NY :  A model train whizzes through the New York Botanical Garden’s Holiday Train Show. For the past few years, I have covered the New York Botanical Garden Train show for the Riverdale Press. The annual show is a popular event, which features model trains choochoo-ing past handmade replicas (made [...]

On the 18th, I trekked across to Manhattan’s East Side to photograph noted composer and pianist Leon Fleisher at the 92nd street Y.  Fleisher, who had lost the use of his right hand due to a neurological condition, performed two dazzling left-hand-only pieces by Takacs and Bach. An image ran in the Wednesday Times and [...]

December 3, 2010 – Bronx, NY : Tigers sophomore Simeon Rambharose, center, leads the charge in RKA’s 89-0 drubbing of Fannie Lou Hamer High School on Dec. 3. I photographed wrestling for the first time at the beginning of the month and discovered that it is as faced paced and fun to shoot as everyone [...]

December 1, 2010 – Bronx, NY : Chabad Lubavitch of Riverdale Rabbi Levi Shemtov lights the Riverdale menorah on the first day of Hanukkah. Having been in Riverdale now for three consecutive Hanukkah’s, keeping the annual Chabad Chanukiah lighting aesthetically ‘fresh’ is a bit of a challenge. Two years ago we got a nice snowfall [...]

A commuter reading a newspaper, waiting for the No. 1 train on the elevated 125th street platform this morning, made for a nice subject and ended up in the Times’ City Room blog. Check out their metro web journal on New York : HERE.

Over the long Thanksgiving weekend I had the opportunity to return to Atlanta, Georgia, where I spent a good part of my youth. Apart from enjoying the company of my family, and of my friends, the trip brought back memories of growing up in The South, and of the hot and muggy summers. I was [...]

I had the pleasure of covering the inaugural performance of avant-garde composer and guitarist Glenn Branca’s 15th Symphony at Le Poisson Rouge for the New York Times on the 21st. The image ran in the Monday Times that week, and subsequently online (see links below). Above is the original photo, as well as some outtakes. [...]

September 2, 2010 – Bronx, NY : Horace Mann senior co-captain Eddy Grafstein grimaces as he powers through an especially grueling workout on September 2. Every season (there are three in high school sports) the Riverdale Press does a series of previews for its sports section. In the spring we photograph the baseball and softball [...]

An early morning dog walker in Ft. Tryon park earlier this month made for a nice subject, and ended up in the Grey Lady’s City Room blog. Check out the Times’ excellent hour-by-hour web journal on New York : HERE.