Watching the funeral procession of John Lewis yesterday as it made its way across the Edmund Pettus Bridge was a moving event. We all remembered the bloodshed of 55 years ago, now represented so poetically by the rose petals strewn along his path; a path that changed America. The words he leaves us with sum […]
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I’m excited to introduce Armchair Travels, an invitation to travel around the world through the reportage illustration of Studio 1482. We have gathered art from our travels to share with you, in the hopes that while you can’t get out and see these places (yet), our experiences may bring some happiness and light to your […]
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All across the United States today, students walked out of their classes from 10:00 to 10:17 am, to remember the 17 people who were killed at the Parkland shooting, and to protest gun violence in our country. These kids walked out of their school in my neighborhood of Jackson Heights. #endgunviolence #walkout #gunreformnow
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Happy to announce that I am in two exhibits this month! The first one, pictured above, is called Transcriptors: Illustration, Documentary and the Material at University for the Creative Arts, Farnham in the UK. The photo above shows one of my drawings from 9/11 at the entrance to the gallery; in the case are publications […]
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They came pouring in from all over the country. Women and their male allies converged on Washington DC this past Saturday to let the new President Trump know: We Are Here, And We’re Not Going Anywhere! It was an amazing reportage opportunity, of course, but it was more than that: It was history in the […]
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On Wednesday evening, I heard that there was going to be a rally in support of the people of Baltimore, in Union Square park in New York City. I decided to go over and see what was happening. When I first got to the park, it seemed like a normal spring afternoon. People were […]
View post →Today is Fat Tuesday, and New Orleans is full of partiers enjoying their last Carnival moments before the start of Lent tomorrow. But a few years back, when I visited the lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, I was surprised and saddened to see how much re-building was still left to be done. Families living […]
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