Old Glass
I started this series of photos in 2019 while on my walks near the Lightrail Train Station in Hoboken., New Jersey. Commuters come and go from the station and are always rushing to their destination. They are mostly oblivious to the beautiful views that can be seen from the train station around them.
The old glass was put in the station’s dividing platforms to protect commuters from the winds that come off the Hudson River. The glass had certain transformative properties which when seen in a good light could render a person or object as an entirely new entity.
I worked for 40 years as a Supervisor of Social Work for Hudson County Social Services and retired to pursue my late in life career as a street and fine art photographer. My specialties as a Social Work Supervisor included heading up a unit dedicated to helping those victims of domestic violence, homelessness and catastrophe victims besides helping the elderly. I was a newspaper photographer/reporter for a two years and worked for The Hudson Dispatch in Union City and then decided to move on to social work.
Awards Most recent awards include first prize for architecture photography of the image Water's Soul in New Jersey Magazine's December 2022 edition and best in show for NJ Visual Arts Center Member's Show for Caterpillar experiencing Changes in June 2022. I had an honorable mention portrait in the NYC4PA 10th Anniversary book and was in the Portals exhibit by Amanda Sith Gallery in October 2021. I recently had a portfolio published this year January 2023 in The Eye of Photography online magazine about Balthazar Bakery in Soho, NYC. I was also published twice in 2022 in The Eye of Photography in the Summer's Here section of the magazine.
My exhibit called Nature's Mirror ran from February 2021 and just ended (April 6, 2021)at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. Nature's Mirror was a series of puddle enhanced photos and was widely publicized in the community. In 2021 I also received first prize from the NJ Zoological Society for my image of a Snowy Owl taken in Bayonne Park. I won the Marion Anderson award for portraiture from Visual Arts Center of NJ 2017 and have placed in several competitions with the arts center. I have had two portfolios published in the L'Oeil de la Photographie during the pandemic in 2020. The photo series are Old Glass and Stolen Time. I also had several single images published in 2020 in the Eye of Photography. l I have shown work at the Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland, CA in the James Vanderzee tribute competition. Photo also exhibited in Blurb book honoring Vanderzee's work.
Bayonne Arts' Circle honorable mentions 2017 and 2016.
