What makes an exceptional photo?
Great Timing and an Eye for the Extraordinary!
The magic ingredients a photographer needs to go beyond the right equipment and knowing how to use it.
From the explosive energy of dance, to the drama and laughter of theater, to the spine-tingling emotional directness of music, the performing arts are among the most positive and compelling of human endeavors. My goal is to capture the essence of a performance and the moments that define performers and their art.
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How Good is Your Memory?
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Dancers love it when they learn some “rep” from a top notch professional dance company in a masterclass. UCSB Arts & Lectures provides that opportunity numerous times a year for UCSB dance students as well as dancers from the community at large. Ballet BC’s brief residency in Santa Barbara last week…
On the Border
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The U.S. Mexico border is on the mind of a lot of people these days, and playwright Octavio Solis’s award-winning “Lydia,” which debuted in 2008, has added resonance now. The play is set in the early 1970s and was partly inspired by Solis’s experiences growing up in El Paso, Texas. It’s primarily about the…
Diplomacy au Naturel
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Soviet arms negotiator Andrey Botvinnik and his American counterpart John Honeyman decide to sneak off from the stifling confines of the official Geneva negotiating talks and head for some late-summer strolls in a wooded area above town. The fresh air must have been copacetic, as the two adversaries form a bond and…
Thinking Big
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The tempest that erupted over Maya Lin’s winning entry for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial design competition was one of the opening salvos of the “culture wars” that are still being fought today. A career that began in controversy has evolved to encompass much more than memorials and buildings, and challenged the boundaries between Art and Architecture. Ms. Lin’s works grow out…
