Letter from the Editor There's something liberating about Jazz. I am by no means a jazz clarinetist. With advanced studies in classical clarinet, I tend to like the box that is classical music. That being said, Jazz has it's own set of rules. There is a structure in...
Letter From The Editor With the amount of Vitamin D I've consumed in the past year, I should have gotten stock for it. Prevention, pain relief, these are the basics tenets of any product out on the market. Not getting enough Sun? Go for a walk. Can't go out due to...
"Taking America's Temperature one interview at a time." Letter from the Editor “Meet me by the fountain”, I said. He agrees, “Yes, we’ll go to that little French place”. It’s 1pm, harsh light in mid-town, he and his beret rush over. “Wait! Like this! Drop the purse,...
One musician's quest for peace while navigating the arts world, academia, & a pandemic through yoga in and out of the studio. erikadohi.com LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Hamlet's Photographic dilemma: "To Retouch, or Not To Retouch, that is the question."...
Avree Anderson Letter From The Editor She had had enough. "Pompous Ass!" echoed through the ornate Victorian in Oak Park. I was 7 years old and finally had pushed my Mother to the brink. Contemplating my latest interjection, I questioned whether I would see another...
Letter from the Editor A wise woman once said, "On the escalator of life there are those of us who stand and are pushed along, and then there are those who walk with the escalator. We Walk." Any New Yorker, or city dweller will attest, the right side of the escalator...
Letter From the Editor I've always prided myself as a bit of a soothsayer, visionary, a creator of worlds for my community and clients. And with one of my worlds being dark at the moment, anything pertaining to in-person performing arts, I thought I'd ask the...
Letter from the Editor 2020 is Dead. Long Live 2021. Follow Confucius, slow down on Sisyphus. I've always had mixed feelings on New Years. On the one hand it's a day or two to reflect on the past year, and it's events and accomplishments, (although, with this past...
Letter from the Editor They Only Crawl Once... I am by no means a "newborn photographer", however I have photographed my fair share of toddlers, tots and tykes. A portrait is a portrait regardless of age, and what lights me up is capturing that innocence. Coming up on...
Letter From The Editor ...And now there's water on my floor. Four years later and my studio has never been the same. No one really prepares for a photoshoot. You have an idea, past experiences, but the day of the shoot in studio or on location can be generally......
Letter from The Editor I was lucky enough to apprentice with the late great Chuck Bogana. Chuck being the last of a bygone era having done the final printing and retouching of legends Richard Avedon, Irving Penn and other masterful photographic Artists, was a master...
Karjaka goes for a walk with the Feral Homeless, a Russian Oligarch, Koreans, Angry Couples, and Grand Central… Oh My! Letter from the Editor... It's been a minute. July is here and city/country life, is opening up. Still running around, grinding it out, I've been...
Letter From the Editor - Sins of the Novel Marketer Do you get it now? Are we all on the same page? The last few months have made it abundantly clear, you're in the Marketing run of your life. And I mean Run. I hate to say it, but this 24/7 frenzy of online media and...
Letter from the Editor I caught up with an old friend this week. It's been a year but it feels like yesterday since we last spoke. Midway through the conversation she says... did you know so and so is now a photographer? I chucked but she wasn't laughing. Ah yes,...
Letter From the Editor Don't Crop The Craft I did it. I caved. I’m now teaching photography lessons via zoom, and instagram, and facebook, and everything else underneath the sun, and I have mixed feelings on it all. For the past 2 months I’ve been taking text...
