Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 8:46 am. September 11, 2001. A plane crashed into the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City; and then a second plane. That morning, I had planned to take the 10:30 AM train from my home in New Jersey into the station below the WTC, arriving at 11:15 AM, in time […]
Facebook Users BEWARE !!!
Beginning today, Facebook has significantly changed its Terms of Service (TOS), which has important implications for all Facebook users, but especially for photographers. As a Facebook user, I received an email about a week ago mentioning that changes were coming, and linking to the proposed changes in their TOS. I skimmed the changes and was […]
The Power of Photography
Sebastião Salgado’s work truly exemplifies the power of photography and even more importantly, the impact that a photographer and his photographs can have on the world. This is a bold and maybe over-the-top statement, but if you know his work and if you have followed his lengthy projects over the last four decades, I’m sure […]
WTC Remembered
For the six month anniversary of the 9/11 disaster, this “Tribute in Lights” illuminated the sky for dozens of miles around New York City. I was scheduled to have been in the World Trade Center at 11am on 9/11. Like hundreds of millions of others, just before 9am, I watched in horror as the unthinkable […]