SNCC Legacy portraits 2023

I again had the opportunity to make portraits of SNCC Legacy Project's board members. SNCC (Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee) comprised much of the vanguard of the civil rights movement.  They have continued to do meaningful work for society, as well as having being in the forefront of moving our nation toward fulfilling its stated ideals of equality and freedom for all during the crucial efforts of the 1960's.

Every one of these individuals is a  true American hero, brave righteous champions for justice and freedom.

May we carry on their important and still very necessary work.

Thanks to DC's own Sharlene Kranz of the SNCC Legacy Project for the assignment

Quarantine Diary 14. A walk, Ruth gardening, a visit with Martha, signs at the bank, Ruth's kitchen, and me.

Another quiet week, and a weekend of peace and trying to be both kind and responsible.

Spring is here, as is the COVID-19 virus.

Published work- for United Jewish Communities

From published work done for United Jewish Communities (now JFNA).
Designer: Mooki Saltzman

My work for the exhibition "Relations," at Hebrew Union College

I just learned I have two photographs that will be in the upcoming exhibition "Relations," at Hebrew Union College in New York.

The first photo is of Irene and Azriel Awret, artists and Holocaust survivors, that I made for Moment magazine (thank you Nadine Epstein for the assignment). The other photo, Grandma's Kiss, was originally made on commission for a non-profit to illustrate cross-generational bonding in African-American families.

I am glad to have the opportunity to share this work.

Many thanks also to curator Laura Kruger and curatorial assistant Phyllis Freedman of Hebrew Union College.

Rezility- portraits at Edgewood Commons, DC

These portraits of residents and volunteers at Edgewood Commons in NE Washington DC are my personal outtakes from an assignment covering Rezility, a free app developed through Enterprise Community Partners.

"Rezility is the first free, personalized, socially-powered app that connects people to opportunity and empowers them to engage, connect and thrive in their communities to build stable, secure futures for themselves and their families."

Thank you for this opportunity to Nicole Gudzowsky of Enterprise, the on-site staff of Rezility, and the good people of Edgewood Commons.

Portraits- husband and wife

I made these portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Harris on commission this past weekend.

Lovely people.

Family and Misphoche in Florida

Ruth, my brother Dean, and I recently went to visit my Aunt Iris and Uncle Morty Intrator in Bradenton, Florida. Iris and Morty are 90 and 92 years old, and have been married since 1946. They are well, minds still sharp, and the family love was poured out all around.

(FYI: Morty is known as "Alex" to everyone who has met him since he enlisted in the Army Air Corps at 17 years old in 1942).

We also visited with Ruth's and my dear machatonim, Becky and Jeff Miller, who kindly hosted us at their home in Sarasota.

In the Passover Haggadah, there is a prayer that includes the words "and we thank the Almighty for the thousands and thousands and myriads and myriads of goodly occasions that Holy One, Blessed be G-d, bestowed upon our selves and our ancestors."

This was one of those goodly occasions.

Aunt Iris and Uncle Morty

Me, Aunt Iris, Uncle Morty, Dean Wolf

Jeff and Becky Miller

Becky Miller, Ruth Stromberg

Dean Wolf