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6/07/2016

calico ball, BAEF and beyond

This June marks a big transition for me. For the last six years I have volunteered my time with the Beacon Arts & Education Foundation which supports extra programming in the Beacon City School District where my children attend school. I have had a leadership role with the foundation but also, an important role as witness. I brought my skills as a photographer to help raise money for one of the largest programs the foundation supports, the Calico Ball, a 10 week dance residency for all 3rd graders in the district. It has been a privilege to be able to watch and photograph students rehearse and perform during this program every year; they are so photogenic with their natural grace and poise. This year I give up my leadership role with the foundation as I have been elected to be a member of the Beacon City School Board. I will still be a part of the foundation and, lucky for me, I am still their official photographer. Here are some of my favorite photos from this year's Calico Ball and year's past.

4/22/2016

12 months of emilia

Several years ago I started this thing called the Beacon Portrait Project. My goal is to make a portrait of every resident of Beacon in their home. I worked really hard at it, even getting a grant to turn it into a show, but at a certain point, I found myself feeling really burnt out. It was hard work on a lot of different levels. Often, just getting to the point that I was sitting across from my subject with the camera in between us took months of effort. And so I wanted to give myself a little break but to continue to shoot. Enter Emilia. I had just done her portrait for the project and I wondered what it would be like to shoot the same person over the period of a year - one portrait a month. I am grateful to Emilia for her willingness to go here with me. She's a beautiful person, inside and out. Here are some of the fruits of our labors.