December in Paris

December 28, 2016

My first solo trip to Europe happened in 2007, when I was in my early forties. Traveling has never been easy …

Cat Portraits

May 13, 2016

How is a cat portrait different from a regular snapshot of a cat? Maybe it conveys something of the subject’s unique …

April 22, 2016

I have had this photograph by Clayton Cubitt on my desktop for months now. Every so often I expand the …

April 15, 2016

Cue the music from Jaws…

November 25, 2015

Among my tiny books is this little album from the nineteenth century. It’s filled with over twenty portraits of the members …

March 2, 2015

Like most of my stories, this one started with a dream. It was extremely vivid, and when I woke up, I …

July 9, 2014

The days of the garden are fleeting. Taste its pleasures while you can…

May 7, 2014

Vanity Fair’s recent “Hollywood Issue” included a selection of photographs by the celebrated artist Chuck Close, who is noted for …