by LisaN | Jun 17, 2018 | our human collective
Apparently, it takes famous people committing suicide, children being murdered, and people from the mainstream population overdosing from opioids, for us to wake up. This sounds like I’m going to get political, I’m not. I am grateful that we are talking more. This...
by LisaN | May 27, 2018 | our human collective
Dance performances can be boring. Not so when one watches the Ballet Trockadero De Monte Carlo. The company is comprised of dancers who happen to be all men. They perform the classics. They dance in toe shoes, tutus and tiaras. While the dancing is beautifully...
by LisaN | Apr 15, 2018 | our human collective
I attended an event for National Overdose Awareness Day. I shot an image that moved me deeply. I reached out so I could share the photo. Andi had lost her son to the scourge of opioids. She was there with her daughter Donna and Donna’s wife Nadia. As it often does for...
by LisaN | Mar 18, 2018 | our human collective
If you have never been to a Special Olympics event…you might want to go…and bring the kids. You’d be hard pressed not to feel moved by the joy and enthusiasm. On occasion I photograph dances and proms for adult day care facilities. I met Cameron at several of these...
by LisaN | Feb 18, 2018 | our human collective
Two years ago I was at Goldcoast Ballroom doing a portrait series of senior citizens. On an average Wednesday afternoon there are about 150 people who spend the afternoon dancing cha cha, rhumba, mambo or fox trot. The average age is probably 70. The oldest person I...