Just before the start to the 140th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in Baltimore, Maryland the skies opened up with a deluge of large raindrops quickly turning a fast track surface into wet muck. The sudden storm and a few bolts of lightning caught everyone's attention as the crowd starred out from their the grandstand seats through the windows which provided much … [Read more...]
Village Barber Salon
I just completed a photographic essay of the Village Barber Salon located on Oaklawn Avenue, Cranston, RI. I have been getting my hair cut at this salon for the past 25 years. The proprietor there is Joseph Pompei. Joe is a warm, soft-spoken man whose personality is as much as a magnet as the quality of his hair cut. Joe is a Barbers' barber, gentleman's' gentleman. Over the … [Read more...]
North Kingstown Amtrak Station
Shift - Control - R will refresh the animation. I have been visiting the N. Kingstown Amtrak station for the past few months working on a collection of images. A friend, Warren, a true railroad addict mentioned to me that when it snows and the snow is powdery that a plume of snow encompasses the Acela when it passes through the station at approximately 150 miles per hour. … [Read more...]
Her name is Ruth
I first met Ruth while accompanying my friend and mentor Cemal Ekin on a photo-shoot of a ballet dancer at a location in a nearby cemetery. This was the third or fourth shoot in a series of images taken by us of a dancer dressed in attaire representative of a specific Ballet. In this case it was "Gizelle." Gizelle is a story of a local girl who met and fell in love with a … [Read more...]
The Swans of Stoneybrook
This past spring I began visiting Stoneybrook Audubon in Norfolk, Massachusetts specifically to photograph the Mergansers and Wood ducks as they nested, hoping to get a photo of newborn chicks when they emerged. The latter was not to happen, even though I visited the nesting areas almost daily for several weeks. I did get a number of nice photographs of the Mergansers … [Read more...]
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