Miami Beach boasts the world’s greatest concentration of art deco buildings, which reflect a distinct era in American history—along with the can-do attitude that has defined the nation. From the Great Depression years through the 1940s, architects in the Miami area designed dominantly within the umbrella of styles now known as art deco, and some nine hundred structures in this genre remain. They rose amid economic hard times and evoked technological modernity, resilience, and optimism.
Read MoreArt That Calls My Name at the Met
Some paintings and sculptures that caught my eye during a few strolls through the Metropolitan Museum of Art earlier this year:
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A panoramic of the Brooklyn Bridge, Lower Manhattan and Jane’s Carousel in Empire Fulton Ferry Park that edges the East River. I snapped this shot from a new vantage point atop a terrace of the Empire Stores.
Brooklyn Bridge Perspectives: New, Old and Better
Do I revisit a place or should I explore somewhere new? My decision-making in answer to this question about my next photo shoot is made easier when I remember that the old can also be new.
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Portraits of Woodstock 50th Anniversary Revelers
There were tie-dye shirts and bandanas, peace signs and love beads, and the sounds of Santana and Country Joe & the Fish.
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Advice to Novice Photographer: Look Before You Shoot
A Facebook friend and Instagram follower from France asks: “Tell me, what would you say to a beginner in photography? Do you have any advice to share?” My short answer: put your camera down until you start to develop a strong eye for photography.
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Pinpointing Polar Bears
A woman covers her mouth. A stunned man emerges from underwater. Others shriek from the sting of the cold, an adrenaline rush or fears overcome.
Central Park Autumn Walk Before ’Fall
This year was different. I’m lured to Central Park each autumn and in recent years I’ve walked across her 843 acres shooting photos and videos for many hours on multiple weekends in October and November.
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Old Westbury Gardens Wears Autumn Gracefully
Gone are the roses, tulips, dahlias in full bloom and bees hunting for pollen. In are the oaks, maples and sweetgum brandishing multicolored leaves and the fallen among them, some afloat or sunk in lakes, ponds and pools across Old Westbury Gardens on Long Island.
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Red Rock Canyon Outshines Las Vegas
Fifteen miles from the Las Vegas Strip’s brilliant lights of limitless colors lies Red Rock Canyon, a seemingly misnamed national conservation area of multicolored rock formations.
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T-Mobile Arena's Allure
As architectural designs for sports and entertainment venues go, the sleek T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas fits smoothly in its host city.
Read MoreGive Me Your Colors Yearning to Display Free
A New York icon is the repetitive subject of a new mural on the High Line.
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Proposal to Capture The Big Question
Act fast and shoot continuously. Wise words from a photographer offering tips on how to discreetly shoot an outdoor marriage proposal. I watched his YouTube video the day before I was to capture a young man, Matt, ask for the hand of his would-be fiancé, Nicole.
Read MoreFrederick Douglass: A New York Life Remembered
Located at the northwest gate of Central Park in Manhattan, Frederick Douglass Circle features an appropriately larger-than-life sculpture of the abolitionist, author and orator.
Read MoreArt Deco Redo in Roanoke
The buildings beckoned me to return. On a recent trip to Roanoke, I drove around the city nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwest Virginia and several Art Deco structures caught my eye.
Read MoreChristmas Spirit Spread Across Manhattan
Stately Christmas trees and decorations appear in neighborhoods throughout Manhattan. Here I feature the holiday spirit in bright lights and colors at Fulton Street in the South Street Seaport area, the New York Stock Exchange, Avenue of Americas and 50th Street and, of course, Rockefeller Center. Merry Christmas!
Read MoreThe Roads Less Traveled on Long Island’s North Fork
Autumn had only put her initial touches on Long Island’s foliage when I drove out to the North Fork in late October.
Read MoreThe Curves, Dips and Peak of VIA 57 West
When words such as “hyperbolic paraboloid” and “tetrahedron” are used to describe the shape of a building, a photographer on the lookout for unusual modern architecture knows he’s in for a treat.
Read MoreA Slice of Untermyer Park: Walled Garden and Overlook
While Samuel Untermyer (1858–1940) amassed a fortune as a corporate attorney, he also cultivated a wealth of knowledge about horticulture and created nationally recognized gardens at his 150-acre Greystone estate in Yonkers, New York. Today, it is in need of assistance.
Read MoreQuiet, Raw and Coiffed in North Central Park
Far from the buzz and bustle of Midtown are the northern sections of Central Park, where fewer travelers and comparative quiet are the norms. But like their central and southern cousins, the park’s upper reaches are a mix of the landscaped and the raw and rugged, perhaps more so than any other area.
Read MoreSetting the Scene for Joan of Arc
What I noticed first about the equestrian monument to Joan of Arc on Manhattan’s West Side, as I approached from a pedestrian path in the small park named for the French patriot, is that she and her horse were not noticeable.
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