For many months, it seemed as if I would never be able to really get back to traveling and photographing, but that now seems to have changed for the better with the use of COVID vaccines. I have been able to travel extensively to both South Africa and Maine during the past 2 months and it has allowed me to make many new images that I am quite pleased with. These new photos can be found on the two new pages that I have added to my website. Simply click on the appropriate images to open those sections of new work,.
Africa was once again a life-altering experience, the likes of which cannot be adequately described in words. Africa must be experienced in person, and I hope that the access to my photos from my recent trip, as well as the trip in 2019, serves to inspire people to pack their duffels and head to Africa. You will never be disappointed having made this decision. Furthermore, Africa appears to be taking the COVID epidemic with a degree of seriousness and resolve that seem to be missing in the USA. People realize that Vaccination is key to returning to a “normal” state of affairs and have pursued their immunizations as aggressively as possible. We felt much safer there than we did in Florida during the preceding months. In addition, on this trip we had Ian Michler, one of the foremost African guides, join us for the last half of our trip. his talents were extraordinary. His knowledge of Africa, its problems, the animals that we saw and their behaviors was simply incredible. We hope to work with Ian in the months ahead to raise awareness and funds for African charities of critical importance. You will be hearing more about some of these efforts in the days ahead.
Almost as soon as we returned from Africa, I turned around and headed on a long-deferred trip to photograph Fall color in Maine. Maine was absolutely spectacular this year, with colors blazing beyond belief. The region was so extraordinarily beautiful that it was almost impossible to take a bad photo (though, as usual, I managed to squeeze a few of them in!). I hit the peak of Fall color exactly perfectly this year, though it also seemed as if the intensity of the color change this October made it unique in my experience. It was simply beautiful and I think that some of my images capture the special nature of this year’s colors.
My immediate goal is to produce simple, inexpensive paperback photo books from both Maine and Africa from my trips there over the past 5 years. When these are ready, I will announce them on the web site.
I am very grateful and thankful to be back out photographing, I found myself to be only a little rusty, and i am already looking forward to trips in the coming year. Hopefully, COVID will wind down further and the world will open up even more.
Roadside Fall Colors, Bar Harbor, Maine 2021
Giraffe Feeding, Timbavati, South Africa 2021