I was reading the paper this morning when I saw a brief stating that the Occupy movement would be descending on the Capitol to welcome Congress back into session. How did I nearly miss this? I’ve been following the Occupy twitter stream for weeks, but one busy weekend is all it takes to get dropped. [...]
If you’ve looked closely at my site, you’ll know that I love yoga (and motorcycles). That love goes beyond yoga practice and extends into a partnership with my wife, Kat, owning and running Bikram Yoga Columbia. I can count house photographer among my many duties there, and we’ve fallen into a tradition of shooting a [...]
Blue skies and 70 degree temperatures blew away any reminders of Hurricane Irene as a predominantly African-American crowd gathered to celebrate what had been a long time coming. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King had officially arrived on the National Mall. Etched in granite, he is the only African-American and only non-president with a memorial [...]
Lee Andersen owns one of the biggest little clothing design studios in the U.S., with presence in over 3000 boutiques nationally and internationally. Her staff of about 40 interns, seamstresses, and assistant designers manufacture and ship only about 100 pieces of each design that she creates, keeping the clothing unique and exclusive. Woman to Woman [...]
I’ve been chosen to participate in a show on Black Male Identity that opens Sunday, September 11 at the New Beginnings Barbershop in Baltimore. It runs until November 4, and is put on by Art on Purpose, a community arts group in Baltimore. Funded in large part by the Open Society Foundation, the Black Male [...]
Last week I covered some of the events surrounding the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall. The effort to create a monument to Dr. King has been years in the making, and final result is absolutely stunning. This is the first national monument to an African-American, and the first [...]