First winter ice

A coating of ice from today's freezing rain.

These photographs were made in my front yard.

Beauty.

From the vaults: Keith Haring

I met and photographed artist Keith Haring on assignment to cover him painting for the children at the White House Easter Egg Roll in 1988.

It was the Reagan era, and he seemed totally out of place there. We talked for a while, and I quietly whispered to him "what are you doing here?" his clever and on-point whisper back "the same thing you are."


The kids loved his work.

Rest in Peace, Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela was one of the most noble men I have ever encountered: gracious, wise, kind, deeply courteous, and a truly magnificent soul. I photographed him on assignment not long after he assumed the presidency of South Africa, when he visited the labor union AFSCME, in Washington DC. 

May we all continue to be blessed by the example and works of his life.

Jerusalem Stories | Linda Zisquit

From the Jerusalem Stories project, July 2013.

Poet, educator, and gallery-owner Linda Zisquit lives in the Emek Refaim neighborhood of west  Jerusalem.

Jerusalem Stories | Yoni Sheffer

From the Jerusalem Stories project, July 2013.

Dr. Yoni Sheffer is an Israeli Jewish scholar of Arabic literature.

Jerusalem Stories | Vic Lepejian

From the Jerusalem Stories project, July 2013.

Vic Lepejian  is a celebrated Armenian ceramic artist working in Jerusalem's Old City. He has passed his craft on to his son. His work can be seen on his website, www.vic.8m.com .

Jerusalem Stories | Taidor Lam and family

From the Jerusalem Stories project, July 2013


Teddy (Taidor) Lam, with his Israeli Jewish wife, Michal, and their child, Roi.
He is a Christian refugee from the violence of South Sudan, seeking justice and permanent residence in Jerusalem.
 

Jerusalem Stories | Sister Maureena Fritz

From the Jerusalem Stories project, July 2013.

Sister Maureena Fritz, originally from Canada, is Provincial of the Catholic order of the Sisters of Zion. She is active as a teacher for Christians to understand their faith in a Jewish context, and in the Interfaith Coordinating Council of Israel.

In her nineties, she was an avid long-distance motorcyclist until recent years.

Jerusalem Stories | Mequnnte Rachamim family

From the Jerusalem Stories project, July 2013.

Ethiopian Jewish family: Asher Mequnnte Rachamim and his daughter, Ma'ayan.

Jerusalem Stories | Izzy Pludwinski

From the Jerusalem Stories project, July 2013

Izzy Pludwinski is an innovative and highly respected calligrapher, informed and trained as a traditional sofer (scribe). He has evolved and expanded his mystical artistic explorations of the meanings and forms of the Hebrew alef-bet.

These multiplied images were seen and made in- camera, not in Photoshop.

Jerusalem Stories | Hiba Mutafish and family

From the Jerusalem Stories project, July 2013.

Hiba Mutafish is a Palestinian actress living with her family in the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood of Jerusalem. She is pictured also with her sister, Lina, and her mother, Taghreed Atari Mufatish.