Joanne Bland- civil rights pioneer

Joanne Bland was an eleven-year-old civil rights marcher in Selma, Alabama, when she, along with hundreds of others, was beaten and jailed by Alabama state troopers while crossing the Edmund Pettus bridge in 1965, in what has come to be known to history as "Bloody Sunday."

She has remained an activist, and is co-founder of the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute in Selma.

These portraits were made in Washington, DC, where she spoke to the students and supporters of Operation Understanding DC. She spoke of her work, hopes, and of passing on the legacy of courageous activism for human dignity. She has met in Selma with over 400 OUDC participants over the past seventeen years, sharing her story and the continuing history of struggle for justice and fairness for all.

Some recent images | a continuing inventory for the eye

Visual flotsam and jetsam from a couple of weddings, and quite obviously, from elsewhere.

My life and work take me to many different worlds, most not far from home.

These visions held my consciousness, and rang out to be really seen...

Life.

Halloween 2011

A few of my photos from Nadine Bloch's 25th annual Halloween party extraordinaire, in Takoma Park, Maryland.

A few more images of the bash were made by a photographer from the Takoma Voice.

And a wish for refuah shlemah to Tom Shepherd.

Portrait of a man on the street

I photographed this gentleman in the Rosslyn section of Arlington, Virginia.

He was cooking barbeque at Big Daddy's old-school grill during the Marine Marathon.

Marathon

I covered the 36th annual Marine Corps Marathon for the Rosslyn BID's magazine.

Thirty thousand runners took part in what is termed "the people's marathon."

Woman in a hurry | Capitol Hill

While on assignment, I paused to photograph this Capitol Hill staffer striding down the halls of the Rayburn Congressional Office Building.

Young woman on a mission... and time passing.

Beach suites: sand sky sea

Rehoboth, Delaware: September 2011