About Us

EDUCATION

 

Photographic Apprentice for Larry Colwell 1969-1972

 

B.A. Fine Arts, Rider College 1971

 

M.A. Photography, Goddard College 1978 Thesis: A Study of the Emergence of the Photographic Portrait

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Photographer 1969 - Present

 

Ballet Etudes Company Norwalk, CT photographer 1993- 2018

 

Lincoln Logs Ltd. Marketing- 2005 - 2008

 

PhotoGraphics Workshop New Canaan CT Director 1971-1984

 

PhotoGraphics Workshop New Canaan CT Instructor 1971-1984

 

University of Bridgeport Professor 1975 - 1980

 

University of Bridgeport Director of Extension Program off campus at PhotoGraphics Workshop 1974-1981

 

EXHIBITS Individual and Group - Partial List

 

Jewish Museum Augsburg Swabia, Augsburg, Germany Ritual object with photographs in "Shalom Sisters" Jan - Oct. 2021

 

Ritualwell.org - Ceremonies of Jewish Living - Photographs used throughout the site.

 

Images 25: An invitational exhibit by Shoreline Alliance for the Arts at Art Place, Yale University, New Haven, CT 2006-2007

 

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum (New York) 2002 - present Personal Tallit on exhibit

 

A Different Purim Sound - Esther and Vashti Purim Flags by Jewish Artists. The JCC in Manhattan. The Laurie Tisch Sussman Gallery 2002

 

American Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City 2001 Personal Tallit on exhibit for one year.

 

Creating American Jews National Museum of American Jewish History Philadelphia, PA 1998

 

Re-Vision 25 retrospective of PhotoGraphics Workshop New Canaan, CT 1995

 

Points of View Greenwich Arts Center 1994

 

H. Pelham Curtis Gallery, New Canaan, CT 1993

 

Images '90 Guilford, CT.

 

Westport Center for the Arts, 1989

 

Malaprops Asheville, North Carolina 1985

 

Ledel Gallery New York City 1981-1984

 

PhotoGraphics Workshop 1971-1983

 

Rowayton Arts Center, 1971-1983

 

H. Pelham Curtis Gallery 1983

 

Thirteen Who Teach 1982

 

Ireland Ledel Gallery 1982

 

Bartlett Museum 1980

 

Slater Memorial Museum 1975 and 1978

 

Greater Hartford Civic and Arts Festival 1973-1979

 

Images of Woman Portland Museum of Art 1977

 

Breadth of Vision: Portfolios of Women Photographers NYC 1975

 

Friends of Photography Carmel, CA, 1975

 

Janthina Gallery Rowayton, CT 1974

 

Rider College Lawrenceville, NJ 1974

 

BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS - Partial List

 

Journey - Ma’yan 1997-2004

 

The Journey Continues: Ma’yan Passover Haggadah 2000, 2002

 

Tradition!: Celebration and Ritual in Jewish Life 2000

 

The Tapestry of Jewish Time 2002

 

Between Twelve and Twenty, 1982

 

Thirteen Who Teach, 1982

 

Illuminations, 1981

 

Family of Women, 1979

 

Women Photograph Men, 1977

 

Lightwork Magazine, April 1975

 

PERMANENT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

 

Holocaust Tallit purchased by Dobkin Family Foundation

 

Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine,

 

Haifa University, Israel, Israel Portfolio,

 

National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia

 

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum

 

PORTFOLIO

 

Israel, Limited Edition, 1983, Ten black & white prints.

 

ADVANCED WORKSHOPS:

 

Monhegan Island, Maine 1981

 

Martha’s Vineyard 1982

 

Sante Fe, New Mexico 1982


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