Mr. Maxwell’s English Class, my junior year in high school – I sat second from the front, up against the cinder block wall that ran down the right-hand side of the classroom. The discussion that day centered around the First Amendment and Freedom of Speech. Mr. Maxwell pondered aloud, “surely,Continue Reading
A short trailer/commercial for our documentary on a young transgender male.Continue Reading
Believe it or don’t, the crafting of the Where In-Between Lives logo involved many hours of research and personal reflection. The logo contains four structural/symbolic elements described here in order of most to perhaps least obvious. The Title Itself From our theme song, “The Table Round,” Our world has becomeContinue Reading
WIBLA stands for Where-In-Between Lives Ambassador. There are two types of WIBLAs: geographic and topic. A Geographic WIBLA represents the particular country or region of the world where he or she lives. A Topic WIBLA is a member of a particular in-group related to the given topic. For example, aContinue Reading
“Where In-Between Lives” exists as more of an ongoing personal growth project than anything else. The final year of my forties consisted of pandemic-driven isolation and an unhealthy obsession with the daily news cycle. The accelerating polarization of our world became unavoidably obvious, leaving me feeling battered, bothered, and disheartened. Continue Reading
“Scared shirtless.” Me, not him. Shot under less than ideal conditions, Paul’s portrait was done on the fly at the 17th Annual Downeast Tattoo show. Knowing that I would not be making it to his home in New York, I decided to sacrifice quality of image for quality of person.Continue Reading
When I started this project, photography was my passion, but I worked full-time for W.A. Normally one would find W.A. dressed in a business suit and tie, and perhaps best described as the strong silent type. I’ll never forget the day he called me into his office and asked meContinue Reading