Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2024 . A Visit From The Dead A dear friend, Ed Simmons visited me recently. No. Not in the flesh. Ed passed away a little over two years ago on September 22, 2022. Never the less, there have been a series of events that I’ve experienced recently that gives me … Read more
Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2024 . Behind The Scenes With Savanna . Photographs by Al B For, Copyright 2024. I was introduced to Savanna a few months ago at an exhibition of my work curated by my friend and colleague Bob Neroni, owner of Prism Arts Philadelphia. When we met at the exhibit … Read more
Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2023 . Fashion Fetish: On Location With Beth . Beth first reached out to me on Facebook. She had a nice profile up. Lots of photos that showed her interest in fashion modeling. She also was photographed by a couple of friends of mine in Philly . That gave her … Read more
Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2023 . The Apartment . The apartment that I rented in Amsterdam at the turn of the 2000’s was a perfect location for me to work from at that point in time. I had become friends with local businesswoman, Danny Linden who owned a fetish shop on … Read more
Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2022 . Pat Cleveland: Legend of Fashion Modeling . I first came to know about Pat Cleveland in the mid 1970’s when I was a graduate student at the Rochester Institute of Technology. I saw some of her earliest published photos in fashion magazines and noticed right away something unusual … Read more