Picture of the Day: Ike’s Study

  Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2020 . Ike’s Study . I visited Ike Hay at his home on many occasions.  He was a great teacher of art and design at Millersville University where we first met when I was an undergraduate student from 1974 to 1977. I took several classes with him … Read more

Picture of the Day: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas 1980

  Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2020 . When I first started my professional career in 1980 as a staff photographer for the behemoth pharmaceutical company, Smithkline & French I was assigned to photograph executives for the company at a sales meeting held in Las Vegas, Nevada.  I booked a hotel room at … Read more

Ed Simmons: Dancing Girls Harvard and Stone

  Photography and Text by Ed Simmons, Copyright 2020 . Dancing Girls Harvard and Stone . Chuck E Weiss. Yeah, I knew that guy. The dude from that Rickey Lee Jones tune, “Chuck E’s In Love”. I was hanging around with him back in the early 80’s at Hollywood’s Club Lingeri.  I read in the … Read more

Bob Shell: What’s in a Name

  Photography and Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 . What’s in a Name? . I’m reading a very interesting book: Ancient History of Aratta-Ukraine by Yuri Shilov. I’ve read a lot of books on ancient history, but had never heard of Aratta, so when my friend Ed told me about this book, I just … Read more

Studio News: A Return to Teaching

  Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2020 After a two year hiatus from teaching, I have accepted an invitation as visiting instructor of Fine Arts at Haverford College. On December 17th, 2019 my first meeting with photography students took place at the Jane Lutnick Fine Arts Center. My colleague Professor William Williams asked me to … Read more