Archive for November 2020
The Getaway, Part 1
It was the time of year we most look forward to—early fall, when we would typically travel to Europe or take a cottage on outer Cape Cod. Clearly, our original thoughts of Nordic adventures were out. And with my husband already more than three months out of work, could we realistically splurge on a couple…
Read MoreMasks of Boston, Part 1
As a photojournalist who has covered many stories related to COVID-19, I was acutely aware that the advent of this virus had enormous personal and professional long-term, serious implications. I was becoming very anxious following the news and felt compelled to tell the stories beyond the headlines in an attempt to bring people agency during…
Read MoreCOVID-19 and People in Pain
On November 3, the day of the United States presidential election, more people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Minnesota tested positive for the coronavirus than on any other day since the pandemic began. Unfortunately, the record for the greatest number of daily coronavirus cases has been broken several times since then. How does this rampant illness…
Read MoreI Am a Nurse
Long before the pandemic hit, the World Health Organization (WHO) had declared 2020 The Year of the Nurse, and now, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems especially fitting to acknowledge the work of nurses, for whose life hasn’t been touched by a nurse? That degree of commitment to patients happens not just…
Read MoreTransitions
For the past few years my work has been influenced by the time I spent in a part-time job at local Home Depots. As I walked around the store, in my mind’s eye, I saw colors, shapes, patterns, lighting and objects that came together to create what I called a “paintable moment.” I photographed these…
Read MoreFine (Enclosed) Dining for Two
I’ve been photographing a lot of outdoor dining setups in Cambridge, but the upscale Talulla’s “greenhouse” cubicles struck me as the most sophisticated, replete with elegant table settings for two and a heater (a door, not visible in this photograph, keeps the heat in and adds to the feel of a safe, private dining environment.)…
Read MoreNight Walk
These images are from a body of drawings and paintings that I created during lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Nightwalker series pastel drawings record a passing sense of myself during an isolated evening walk. Walking has always been a key activity for me. My working process has begun to change…
Read MoreMotoring On
When I began documenting the pandemic in my area, I was looking for the signs of distress that we’re all feeling. I still capture them whenever I can, but now I’m looking for moments of relief from the ever-present Covidian cloud hanging over our heads. Like this image from a recent photo walk along the…
Read MoreThe Short Season
My wife Cathy and I live in a subdivision called Margie’s Cove, where we have close friendships with a number of our neighbors. All through the spring and summer and now in a stretch of warm autumn temperatures, we’ve been able to gather on patios and in backyards, observing a social distance of course, just…
Read MoreQuarantine Portrait
Although I almost always paint in oils, during quarantine I had the strange urge to use watercolors for the first time in more than eight years. With all of the noise and stress in the world, switching to a new medium gave me a sense of calm and focus that I really needed. Quarantine Portrait…
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