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For the past 10 weeks I’ve taught a photography apprenticeship at Garfield Middle School through a wonderful organization called Citizen Schools. We’ve been learning how to compose a photograph, use photography as a means of self-expression, and we also spent time thinking critically about photography and its role in our lives. On Thursday, all the Citizen […]

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Aliza and Chaim

Aliza and Chaim’s wedding at the Peabody Essex Museum was full of Jewish traditions and beautiful pageantry. I had so much fun photographing this event and did my best to keep up. Every wedding takes on a different tone, and there’s no other way to describe this one than celebratory. There were multiple horn-lead processions, […]

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Tim and Greg

I met up with Tim and Greg at their home in Somerville where we gave Scooter some time in the spotlight. After dropping Scooter off (so he couldn’t hijack the entire session), we wandered through Harvard Square and along Charles River as the sun went down. I had a great time getting to know Tim […]

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Kathryn and Pete

Kathryn and Pete just moved to Boston, so I didn’t even get a chance to meet them before their engagement session. It was great to get to know them as we wandered around Concord and their new neighborhood in Boston. Their wedding is next weekend at the Boston Public Library, so I won’t have to wait […]

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Caitlin and Pete

Caitlin and Pete live in New Jersey and are getting married in Boston. But they lived in New York when they started dating, which made the city a great place for their engagement session. We visited some of their old haunts near Broadway and then the Upper West Side. Visiting a couple’s points of origin […]

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Nina

She’s talented. She’s prolific. She’s Nina. She seems to always be around the most interesting people in the most interesting places and then make the most interesting pictures. And the pictures aren’t interesting just because of the subjects but because of the way she sees the subjects. It was great to catch up on my […]

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Andrea and AJ

Andrea and AJ live in New York, so traveling to explore the places important to them only made sense. Four years have passed since I was last in New York City, and I had so much fun wandering around different neighborhoods with Andrea and AJ. They were great tour guides and great company. We started […]

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Tess and Jared

You’ve heard me talk about being nervous shooting other photographers weddings, but I was particularly anxious about Tess and Jared’s. I looked up to Jared when I quit my job and came to Boston to freelance. I am still constantly in awe of his work. If working with one highly visually literate person wasn’t enough, Tess […]

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