"YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS ARE AS DAZZLING AS YOUR SUBJECTS"

Saturday, December 25, 2010

IN HONOR OF CHRISTMAS

MOTHER & CHRIST CHILD
IN HONOR OF CHRISTMAS


CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF
ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST
LIMA, PERU

Friday, December 24, 2010

TARJA HALONEN b. December 24, 1943

TARJA HALONEN
b. December 24, 1943


FINNISH PRESIDENT TARJA HALONEN
AND HER HUSBAND PENTTI Arajärvi
WALKING TO DINNER
AT THE PETERHOF PALACE,
ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA,
AT THE TIME OF
THE 2006 G-8 SUMMIT

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

HU JINTAO, b. December 21, 1942

HU JINTAO
b. December 21, 1942


PRESIDENT,
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
GENERAL SECRETARY,
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY

Shown here at the unveiling of the
Politburo Standing Committee
17th Party Congress, Beijing, October 2007

Due to pass on the torch at the 18th Party Congress in Autumn 2012


Stay Tuned

More Hu

Friday, December 17, 2010

ARTHUR FIEDLER, b. December 17, 1894

ARTHUR FIEDLER 
December 17, 1894-July 10, 1979 


THE BOSTON POPS MAESTRO 
IN HIS SYMPHONY HALL OFFICE 
BOSTON, MASSASCHUSETTS 

Arthur Fiedler was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 17, 1894, and died at home in Brookline, Massachusetts, next door to Boston, on July 10, 1979. 

These bare facts conceal a far more peripatetic and complicated existence, and so does the quick summary of his accomplishments.   For over half a century he led the Boston Pops Orchestra, with enormous success and acclaim.   But -- like a beauty who wishes to be known for his/her brains? -- apparently he hungered for more:   acknowledgment of his musicianship and his gravitas. 

His daughter, Johanna Fiedler, wrote of his story (and hers) in ARTHUR FIEDLER: Papa, the Pops and Me (1994).   The New York Times in its obituary called Arthur Fiedler "grandfatherly," and said that he "projected a jolly, unsnobbish image."   Perhaps so, but that there was more to him was clear already from the time I spent photographing him. 

Thursday, December 9, 2010

BICENTENNIAL "TIP": THOMAS P. O'NEILL, JR., b. December 9, 1912

THOMAS P. O'NEILL, JR.
December 9, 1912-January 5, 1994


TIP O'NEILL

Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives
1977-1987

PHOTOGRAPHED ON HIS
BELOVED CAPE COD
JULY 4, 1976

more TIP here
and here
and here

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

LIEN CHAN WINS CONFUCIUS PEACE PRIZE! (SAY WHAT?)

THE CONFUCIUS
PEACE PRIZE
PICKS ITS FIRST WINNER


LIEN CHAN

FORMER TAIWAN VICE PRESIDENT
&
F.O.C.

More of China's Soft Power on Display?

Confucius Peace Prize: $15,000
Nobel Peace Prize: $1,500,000