Skip to content . Photography and Text by Ed Simmons, Copyright 2018 . JAY ADAMS LOCAL HERO . This town, “Venice_90291”, is a tolerant town, a town that gives you room to grow. I made my way to Venice, California for the first time in 1968. Throughout the years I’ve gotten to know so many interesting people. … Read more
Early Work: The College Years 1974 – 1980 . Like many photographers during the mid-1970’s Tony Ward embraced the documentary tradition early on in his career and was very influenced by the images he saw in Life Magazine and other leading periodicals including TIME. He began to sharpen his photographic skills by photographing … Read more
Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #22 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2018 . REMEMBRANCES . One of the cruelist things about being incarcerated is that friends and family die while you’re unable to see them. I’ve lost count of how many have gone in the last ten years. Last October I was sitting at … Read more
Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2018 . FROM RICHES TO RAGS . A little over a decade ago in the Spring of 2007, I received a phone call from a journalist from Hamburg, Germany to discuss a photo assignment. He wanted me to illustrate a photo story he was working on … Read more