This summer I parted with my Panasonic FZ50. The experience was bittersweet. My 20-year-old Panasonic FZ50. ©Alina Oswald. It was in 2006 that I decided to buy a more serious, yet easy-to-use camer…

A Nikon Selfie in a Rush. August 19 is World Photography Day and, in its 35th year, is part of World Photography Week, August 12 – August 26, 2026, in association with next year’s Photo…

Back at MNN on the set of Ron B’s award-winning show, No Boundaries Up Close and Personal “There are no boundaries to what you can achieve.” Celebrity host, actor, and activist Ro…

Artist renderings of scientific concepts. ©Alina Oswald.

Digital Archives of the A&U Magazine Recently, a digital archive of the Art & Understanding – America’s AIDS Magazine has been made available (although it’s still a work i…

The Symbolism of Science. Princeton University, B&W Photography. ©Alina Oswald.

Tear sheets: Pride Month 2022 at Northwell Health, NYC, and PMX’s hosting of a history of ballroom voguing, also in NYC (in person and streaming online)

Artist Rendering of HIV & AIDS history, advocacy

A Photography Subject & Symbolism “There’s a very fine line between triumph and disaster. That line is hope.” Hope: A Story of Triumph, by Joel Rothschild The idea of hope has…

“Silence equals death, so let’s make some noise,” started a #tbt article that I wrote, a long time ago. Silence equals Death The Silence = Death poster. Photographed by Alina Oswald. Mo…

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Celebrating 50 years of Pride, Stonewall 50.

Things to do and photograph this Pride Month It’s June 2019, and that means it’s Pride Month, not only that but this year we celebrate 50 years of Pride. So, Happy Pride! Since this is,…

Covering the Celebration of Pride event at the NYC City Hall, in June 2016.

Backbone – On the ten-year anniversary of my solo photography show and related photography book, and on photographing the 2008 NYC Pride March in the rain Backbone solo show (08/08/08 at 32 J…

June is Pride Month. I usually go to NYC Pride to photograph and meet with friends. I’ve photographed NYC Pride for years. Love the colors, the energy, the mood. Here are a few of the images …

A small sample of photographs capturing Pride- and Pride Month-related events and happenings: NYC Pride: NYC Pride and sunset over Lower Manhattan. ©Alina Oswald. Prep and Pre-March Press Conferenc…

It’s June and that means it’s Pride Month. I’ve written about it and posted related images year after year. The truth is that there are many, many ways of portraying Pride Month a…

June is Pride Month. Here are a few moments in history the history of Pride: June 28, 1969 – the Stonewall Riots that started the Gay Revolution. New York City, NY. Notable individuals and na…

Clocks spring forward at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 8, 2026. Here’s exactly when Daylight Saving Time begins and ends in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Europe.

Celebrating the Women in My Life on International Women’s Day and Every Other Day Tomorrow, March 8, is International Women’s Day. When I was a kid, I used to associate this day with (I…

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Note to self, at the beginning of the New Year A couple of years ago I was at an event at Symposia bookstore, in Hoboken, New Jersey. By the way, thanks to its dedicated manager, Carmen Rusu, Sympo…

On the role of image restoration in preserving memories.

Documenting June: Photographing HIV/AIDS-related events, capturing history in the making Not all events are created equal. Some are more interesting than others. In order to be able to capture even…

HIV&AIDS-related photography: photo shoots, events, awareness

Happy Valentine’s Day! Today, in particular, most of us celebrate love…or maybe lack thereof. But how do we, creatives, define love (or lack thereof) and how do we express or capture lo…

Since today is Valentine’s Day, let’s talk about love…photographing love, that is, and also our love for photography. Love comes in various shapes and forms. Sometimes it shows it…

Couples photography ©Alina Oswald.

Since yesterday was Valentine’s Day, let’s talk about photographing couples. Capturing portraits of couples can be quite interesting and exciting. We photograph couples: as part of enga…

Flowers in black and white

Skaters' boots and shadows on an ice skating rink. Black-and-white photography

On winter photography

Final Moments Photograph by Alina Oswald

A sunset symbolism In a #tbt post I talked about experimenting with special effects in camera–for example, zooming in or out with the shutter open, while on a tripod, photographing during one…

Journey Through Darkness A #tbt interview with award-winning, legally blind photographer Kurt Weston for the August 2022 A&U Magazine cover story. Journey Through DarknessAward-winning, legally…