THE OLD YEAR ENDS
THE NEW ONE BEGINS
A BRIDGE TO WHERE?
Friday, December 31, 2010
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
Due for a state visit in Washington, D.C., shortly
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
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
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