The Tall Ships Arrive

It was a week of virtual views of colonial Boston as tall ships from around the world blessed thousands of spectators with their elegance. The Peruvian barque Unión (below), is 378 feet long and 175 feet high.

Family Reach

College roommate Steve DiFillippo with culinary great Ming Tsai and guest chefs Robert Bruce, Rodney Murillo, Ming Tsai, and Jamie Bissonnette at the Annual Family Reach Foundation cookoff for cancer patient financial support.

Massachusetts Scholars

Governor Baker with one of the "29 Who Shine" scholars from Massachusetts, a commencement season awards program to recognize 29 outstanding student graduates from the Commonwealth’s public higher education system. 

Run for the Roses

Guests at the annual Kentucky Derby Blue Hills Observatory fundraiser, Boston, MA

Meet the Stars

Erin and Ben Napler of HGTV's Home Town with Programming Executive Kathleen Finch. Set Design by Untitled 8 Productions.

Arlington Street Church Tiffany Windows Project

Samples of the Tiffany windows I'm documenting in natural light for the Arlington Street Church in Boston. Considered the highest achievement in American glass, they are valued at close to $2 million each.

First Night

Fireworks announce 2017 above the George Washington Statue in the Public Gardens, Boston.

Living in the Future

The NuTonomy campaign, which placed images of the first driverless car to be tested in Boston in Wired, Fortune, Car & Driver and on CBS.

Window of Hope

A window designed by Kristin Patton Interiors of Boston, part of a series for Architectural Digest.

Northeast Buysiders

Boston energy industry finance issue shot for Oil and Gas Investor Magazine.

 

Local Warmth

A saucier at work at Davios Restaurant, Boston, for Oil and Gas Investor Magazine. Owner Steve DiFillippo and I attended Boston University as roommates.

Making Music

Class of 2018 students Nathan Keck and Jacob Brillhart of  the North Bennet Street School's Violin Making and Repair program, Boston.

Campaign Stop: Portsmouth, NH

Trump supporters gathered in New Hampshire in the waning days of the 2016 election campaign.

A Still in the Woods

Deep in the woods of Petersham, MA, on a dirt road a mile from the Quabbin Reservoir, Peter Friedman operates the Beaver Pond Distillery, specializing in fruit brandies.

Marcellus Shale

Multi-pad natural gas wells are drilled in the Marcellus Shale formation, south of Pittsburgh. Below, cranes with a view of Washington County, PA; pipes that allow drilling to go thousands of feet below bedrock; first light at the Bird Run pad; and downtown Canonsburg, PA, once a center for coal and steel production, now adjacent to a gleaming office park built around the fracking industry. For Oil and Gas Investor Magazine.

Left in the Dust

Arrogate was the only clean horse in the pack at Saratoga's Travers Stakes as he broke a 37 year course record. Mary Lou Whitney was on hand in a signature yellow bonnet.

Democratic National Convention

Delegates enter the Wells Fargo Center; volunteer; Civil Rights era activist Rep. John Lewis; attendees; Convention hall; delegate; CNN's Wolf Blitzer; South Carolina delegates during remarks by Polly Sheppard and Felicia Sanders, the only adult survivors of the Emanuel AME massacre; House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi; Wisconsin delegates; Palestinian advocates; NBC's Andrea Mitchell and Kelly O'Donnell. Photos for Blue Mass Group.

Bringing Biology to Life

Assignment: create dynamic images highlighting the key components of a continuous biological system. Lighting is key in otherwise flat-lit environments like these.

Wheels of Soul: Tedeschi Trucks and Friends

Susan Tedeschi, granddaughter of the Tedeschi Food Shops founder, performs with Los Lobos at Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

The Bluecoats Are Coming!

The National Champion Bluecoats of Ohio in the Wakefield, MA, Fourth of July Parade, second largest in New England.