Giving Back

   “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”– Anatole France La Senda Verde, Yungas Bolivia- March 17-April 1st She approaches me slowly and my heart skips a beat.  She climbs up my legs and slowly wraps her long arms and legs around me.  I feel her strong tail  wrap gently […]

  “Do you want us to get naked Tracey?  Are these photos going in Playboy?” said Norbert with a smile. Can you see why I have been waiting for this shoot for months and I thought I would burst from excitement when this past Tuesday finally arrived?  You see, Norbert and Mary Woods have been […]

  “There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” ― Nelson Mandela La Senda Verde, Yungas Bolivia- March 17-April 1st She approaches me slowly and my heart skips a beat.  She climbs up my legs and slowly […]

  “Russell and Elinor Laustrup, married 62 years. Their love story began 65 years ago when Russ (18) and Elinor (15) met ice-skating. Everybody told them they weren’t old enough to be in love but they didn’t see it and were married on June 24, 1951. It was the year of the famous Nat King […]

  I documented several dairy farms in New York this past year; telling the story of the modern American dairy farmer. I am wildly passionate about this project and love cows!This is the last farm I photographed, The Chamberlain family’s farm, Hi-Land Farms. This is a Jersey farm, Jerseys are very inquisitive and love to […]

  “My daughter Esmé is three years old. She is beautiful and silly and clever. She has the kind of smile that just pulls you into her joy. Like most three year-olds, she loves music, playing, and generally being adored. Esmé is also one of only approximately 200 girls and women worldwide currently diagnosed with […]

  It was the winter of 1960 and Kennedy had just been elected.  It was the decade optimism. Jack was a tall man with rugged features and kind eyes.  He had just returned from serving 2 years in the Army in Italy and Switzerland. He was skiing Belleayre Mountain in the Catskills and training new female […]

  I have been documenting dairy farms in New York this year; telling the story of the modern American dairy farmer.  I am wildly passionate about this project and love cows! This is Adirondack Farms.  A great farm in Upstate, NY with over 1,00 cows; now that’s a lot of dairy! “In 2013 we are […]

  I am the official volunteer photographer and a board member of  CANDi International.    I travel to Mexico 3-4 times per year to  document CANDi’s spay/neuter clinics and the street dogs.   I find it difficult to put this experience into words in a way that would truly say how I feel.  This has […]

  As part of my ongoing work to document street dogs in Mexico for CANDi International, I stumbled across a seriously injured horse this past July with the help fellow CANDi volunteer, Hector Navarro. I was photographing stray dogs when she came across a run-down recycling center in the poorer outskirts of Cancun, known to […]