As trial lawyers, counsel and arbitrators, we know our profession is stressful. Photography has been my escape from the intensity of law practice. Now, I have a photography exhibit of my recent travel photos and book reading at Kenwood Country Club on November 10, 2024, 12-5PM. I will be exhibiting spectacular photos and reading from “The Case of the Welched Reward: Spies, the FBI and Pursuit of Peru’s Most Wanted Fugitive,”described by one review as “A captivating account of a spectacular legal drama.”
A more comprehensive photo exhibit opens on July 10, 2025 at the Writer’s Center (writer.org), both in Bethesda, MD. The Writer’s Center workshops has provided both the skills and inspiration for my books on two of my historic lawsuits, and now it is allowing me to the opportunity to display another side.
Before turning to photography, I had visions of being an artist, but I had trouble even doodling. In 1970, I bought a camera, which I used to photograph the New York cityscape and bare witness to the Vietnam War protests. My enlarger fit nicely on the stove in a New York kitchen, 4 by 8 feet, with the three chemical trays on the counter. I would develop photos while listening to Marv Albert announce the New York Knicks games on the radio during their championship heydays. That was heaven.
My frequent travels for work and vacations gave me the opportunity to take photos worldwide. When I found Photoshop in the early 2000s, I moved from film to my computer. The program allows me to edit and print high quality realistic photos – geysers in Yellowstone, glaciers in Patagonia, the Sacred Valley in Peru – but also using filters, to feed my artist fantasy with impressionistic prints reflecting my emotions: a fierce Lincoln, a sailboat in a storm, my daughter singing, and even during the intense Hunt silver trial, our chief paralegal in a quiet moment of reflection.
Please leave your stress behind for a few minutes and come enjoy the shows.
