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...]
Wyman Elementary School Gaspee Days Historical Walking Tour
Last Saturday, May 18th Wyman Elementary School parents, teachers, and students kicked off Gaspee Days celebration in Warwick, Rhode Island's Historical Pawtuxet Village. Students dress in traditional colonial clothing and perform an enactment of what life would have been like in that colonial period. Positioning themselves in front of historical places, such as the Pawtuxet … [Read more...]
