TWS: May 2016
Posted on May 1, 2016 by Tony Ward . The first time I met Kathryn Brooks it was pouring rain outside Addams Hall at the University of Pennsylvania. I was impressed that she drove all the way from her...
View ArticleRenee Chin Lee: Hiatus
Photography and Text by Renee Chin Lee . As I ventured north on the mainland of Trinidad, I stopped along the way. Bending back around the windy road, the jeep came to a gradual stop. Onward I...
View ArticleAlice Qiu: Spring is Coming
Photography and Text by Alice Qiu . In Philadelphia, inside of City Hall, I came across a flyer. It said, “spring is coming”. The background is Capital Hill. “There was a political event going on a...
View ArticleBrent Taylor: Making the Campaign Profitable
. Photography, Video and Text by Brent Taylor . Making the Campaign Profitable . A successful political rally can be measured in many ways. For the candidate the immediate goal is to drum up support...
View ArticleRemy Haber: Through the Looking Glass
Photography and Text by Remy Haber . As a child, the zoo meant a world apart from my own. It meant a daylong adventure punctuated by cotton candy smiles paused only when my shoelaces clumsily came...
View ArticleDavid Pang: One of Us
Photography, Video and Text by David Pang . One of Us . When Bernie Sanders announced his intention to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee on April 30, 2015, people thought he was...
View ArticleJasmin Smoots: Junkyard Crawl
Photography and Text by Jasmin Smoots . Heart pounding and looking over my shoulder I step carefully over the barrier rope that divides the public sidewalk I have come from and the private property I...
View ArticleKieran Koch-Laskowski: Life on Baltimore Avenue
Photography and Text by Kieran Koch-Laskowski . If you take a stroll down through West Philadelphia, you’ll find nestled on the corner of 43rd Street & Baltimore Avenue a quaint hideaway from the...
View ArticleCarmen Garcia Gallego: The Youth and the Political Candidates
Photography and Text by Carmen Garcia Gallego . What do young people think about political candidates? In a social experiment, I walked around the campus of the University of Pennsylvania and asked...
View ArticleSoraya Hebron: There Goes the Neighborhood
Photography, Audio and Text by Soraya Hebron . Streets that used to sing sounds of children playing on the asphalt and neighbors chatting on porches now only echo the steps of passers-by trying to get...
View ArticleHappy Mothers Day!
Jean Ward, Circa 1950 Editor’s Note: Portrait of Jean Ward by Milt Ward, Circa 1950. The post Happy Mothers Day! appeared first on TONY WARD STUDIO.
View ArticleZhewei Feng: The Parallel Universe
Photography and Text by Zhewei Feng . The Parallel Universe . “parallel universe is a hypothetical self-contained separate reality co-existing with one’s own.” You won’t realize that there is a...
View ArticleCarolyn Wong: Rome a Place in Time
Photography and Text by Carolyn Wong . Centuries of history, some lost some found are engraved into these marble walls. Welcome to the city of Rome. According to legend, the children of Mars, Romulus...
View ArticleRobin Sanders: Portraiture, a Second Look
Photography and Text by Robin Sanders, Copyright 2016. . Portraiture, a Second Look . When one mentions the word portraiture, thoughts of faces are more often than not conjured. One’s face describes...
View ArticleLight Table: Portrait of the Day
Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2016. . Light Table: Portrait of the Day . Michelle was one of the models who came through my studio in the early nineties that knew how to make a fashion...
View ArticleColby Hastings: Climate Change and Polictics
Photography and Text by Colby Hastings, Copyright 2016 . Climate Change and Politics . Climate change is the single greatest problem our generation is facing today. We still do not know yet what the...
View ArticleAlice Qiu: Lively Hong Kong
Photography and Text by Alice Qiu, Copyright 2016 . Lively Hong Kong . Back in my memory, Hong Kong was a very modern, big and fancy city. When I was little, Mainland China was still very...
View ArticleLeniqueca Welcome: Fragments of Self
Photography and Text by Leniqueca Welcome, Copyright 2016 . Fragments of Self . We made something We refused to name it It is gone now; ‘It’ is gone now. I want to name It I should not wish to name...
View ArticleDavid Pang: Boston, I’ll be Back
Photography and Text by David Pang, Copyright 2016 . I’ll be Back . Boston is home To 650,000 faces And the face of one Echoes the music of many. . Boston is a city of the soul And I breathe the soul...
View ArticleNaeun “Kelly” Ha: Dismantling the Penn Face
Photography and Text by Naeun “Kelly” Ha, Copyright 2016. . Dismantling the Penn Face . “Penn Face”- what does it really mean? For me, it is the phenomenon of Penn students putting forth an image of...
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