International Women’s Day Dance, Chicago
From the depths of the archive, a couple of quick phone snaps of some large C-prints I just unearthed when unpacking boxes. Chicago’s annual Women’s Day Dance was an exuberant event where the female queer community got to step out in style and have a ball – in a downtown swanky hotel.
For Valentines Day: Real Age = Real Sexy
Meet Anna and Paul, and Ty and David, the first two couples who volunteered to participate in ACRIA‘s upcoming “Age is Not a Condom” campaign, produced in collaboration with The Graying of AIDS. We’re still looking for couples who might like to participate in this campaign, to be photographed throughout February.
If you or someone you know might be interested, we are looking for 60-something New Yorkers who are ready to show a little skin for a good cause! More details here: http://bit.ly/1fZvwnX. To apply, write us at acriacasting@gmail.com.
Best wishes for the new year!
A postcard from Ogunquit, Maine.
Tearsheets: Businessweek for World AIDS Day
Big thanks to Donna Cohen and the multimedia team at Businessweek for making our Graying Pandemic series look fantastic!
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Tearsheets: Beauty and the Bronx
Here’s to getting paid to explore neighborhoods I usually don’t get to hang out in! Last week’s photo challenge: Making The Hub at 149th Street look glamorous when it’s gray and freezing out, and people are feeling harried, cold and grumpy… Anything is pretty, at dusk. Even in November.
A vigil for Private Danny Chen, year two
October 3rd marked the second anniversary of the young soldier’s death – 19 y.o. Pvt. Danny Chen had been found dead on his Army watch post in Afghanistan after enduring relentless, racist hazing by his fellow soldiers and superiors. A group consisting of family, friends and community activists gathered on Elizabeth Street, a stretch of which is pending to be renamed in the Chinatown native son’s honor. An incantatory oral history recitation recounting the young man’s life was read in Chinese and English. View the rest of this entry »
9 Man volleyball
Two publications featured my Chinatown 9 Man Volleyball photos this past Sunday: The Washington Post Magazine and German Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.
I have to say I really enjoyed shooting sports for a change – that’s the rare occasion I get to say that! But what a great excuse to hang out in the park on a beautiful July weekend to photograph the New York Mini tournament in Seward Park a few weeks back. Seventy-eight US and Canadian East Coast teams gathered for the regional 9 Man competition, before they’ll face off again at the NACIVT North American Chinese Invitational Volleyball Tournament in the coming days in Washington, DC. If you’re in the capital region, check it out over Labor Day weekend – they’ll have Pennsylvania Avenue blocked off for a Chinatown streetball competition! Now, how often does that happen?
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Justice for Trayvon Martin rally
Taking it to the streets in NYC.
July 14th, 2013.
Tearsheets: Cissy Houston portrait
A portrait shoot for German Bild am Sonntag: Cissy Houston discusses the just published memoir of her life with Whitney.
Photographed at the W Hotel, Hoboken, NJ.
The Graying of AIDS is a 2013 Getty Creative Grants Exceptional Finalist
The Graying Pandemic formal portrait series on Aging with HIV was selected as one of two projects chosen for the short list of this year’s Getty Creative Grants. Congrats to our co-exceptionals, and to the winners – all around deserving and inspiring projects!
