Although I don’t follow sports anymore, I was a fanatical baseball fan as a kid, and the New York Mets were my life. That mythical 1969 season is embedded in my head forever, and I never get tired of reading about it. Last year, I read Art Shamsky’s great book about that miracle team. This year, I gave Ron Swoboda’s…
I’ve been working on a photo project: One hundred photos of New Yorkers – at work, at play, shopping, walking, just living. All ages, sizes, shapes.
Today is World Rabies Day. With a mortality rate of 99.9%, rabies is the deadliest disease in the world. Human cases of rabies are rare in the U.S., but in underdeveloped parts of the world (Asia and Africa in particular), rabies kills approximately 60,000 people annually, the majority being children under the age of 15. Most cases result from…
Although I’ve had an iPhone for years, I still feel like a novice when it comes to iPhone photography. I’m still developing my own photographic style, but I feel that I’ve found the genre that suits me best: street photography. Opinions vary as to a precise definition of street photography, but for me, it’s candid photos of ordinary people, taken…
Yesterday was the long-awaited reopening of MoMA. Visits must be reserved online ahead of time, and Mondays are set aside for members only. I’ve been a member for years. When I got there yesterday, I was asked to show my invitation. I said I thought it was open for members today, and she said that was next week, that today…
After spending my entire adult working life immersed in the sciences (I’m a veterinarian), I now find myself pursuing the arts in retirement. I’ve always had an appreciation for photography. In fact, a few years ago, after purchasing a Sony DSLR camera, I took a class on digital photography at PhotoManhattan here in New York City. My instructor, Stephanie, was…
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I’ve been a fan of Woody Allen’s films, books, plays, and stand-up comedy for years. He’s led an interesting life, and I was looking forward to reading his book. Then it was announced that his publisher was pulling out of publishing it, bowing to pressure from the #MeToo movement and others, like Ronan Farrow. I’m a rebellious person by nature,…
Three years ago, I made the decision to retire from clinical veterinary practice. I slowly let most of my regular clients know that I was retiring, and a few of them gave me little gifts, which was very kind of them. One client, Amy Cohen, gave me a book: Robert Frank’s “The Americans”, a book of black-and-white photographs. She knew…