Awards
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Finalist, Best of College Photography Annual 1980, Photographer’s Forum
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Bronze Award, “Street Photography” March 2014, Exposed Photographic Challenges
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Silver Award, “Abandoned Property” April 2014, Exposed Photographic Challenges
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Silver Award, “Straight Lines” May 2014, Exposed Photographic Challenges
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Bronze Award, “Seashells” July 2014, Exposed Photographic Challenges
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Great Shot Award, “1st Upload Photo Contest” July 2014, Viewbug
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Silver Award, “Pets” September 2014, Harvey Photography Contest
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Silver Award, “Architecture” February 2015, Exposed Photographic Challenges
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Bronze Award, “Lonely Tree” July 2015, Exposed Photographic Challenges
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Silver Award, “Snow, Ice or Frost” August 2015, Exposed Photographic Challenges
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Honorable Mention “Toy Photography” October 2015, Photo Fanatics
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Third Place “In The Street” November 2015, Photo Fanatics
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Staff Winter Selection 2015 Award December 2015, Viewbug
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Honorable Mention December 19, 2015, Unabashedly Unsaturated - The Best of Monochrome Photography
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Honorable Mention “Sunrise/Sunset” January 2016, Photo Fanatics
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Featured Photographer January 7, 2016, Unabashedly Unsaturated - The Best of Monochrome Photography
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Honorable Mention “Texture” January 2016,
Photo Fanatics
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Honorable Mention “Birds in Nature” January 2016, Only Mother Nature Photos
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Honorable Mention “Trees” February 2016,
Photo Fanatics
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Honorable Mention "Trains" February 2016,
Photo Fanatics
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Honorable Mention "Stormy Rivers" February 2016,
Only Mother Nature Photos
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Photo of the Day, “Fauna” April 27, 2016,
Beauty of Nature
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Photo of the Day "Nature" May 3, 2016,
Beauty of Nature
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Photo of the Day "Sunrises/Sunsets" May 3, 2016,
Beauty of Nature
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Honorable Mention "Birds in Nature" May 2016,
Only Mother Nature Photos
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Gold Award, “Angles” May 2016, Exposed Photographic Challenges
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Photo of the Day, “Nature” May 30 2016, Beauty of Nature
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Member Selection Award December 2016
Viewbug
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Peer Choice Award November 2017
Viewbug
About Me
I have been taking photos of the Hudson Valley, with its ever-changing scenery, since I was a child visiting my aunt and uncle’s farm in Accord. I hold a B.A. from Adelphi University in Film, and am a graduate of the Germain School of Photography.
In addition to my own photography studio on Long Island, RSG Photography, I also worked professionally for Murray Collens Studio, Studio Garbarini and Jayrod Studios.
My photographs can be seen gracing the websites and advertisements of such companies as Barnes & Noble, Latham & Watkins, the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education, as well as in and around Ulster and Dutchess Counties for Camerata Chorale, Ulster Choral Society, Ulster Chamber Music Society, the Kerhonkson Synagogue, Temple Emanuel, Congregation Ahavath Israel, Temple Beth El of Poughkeepsie, and the St. Joseph School of Kingston.
Over the years, my photography has won top awards from Exposed Photographic Challenges, a ‘Great Shot’ Award from ViewBug, and Silver Awards from the Johanna Harvey Photography Contest and the Trailways ‘Through My Window’ Contest. My artistic philosophy is “God is my set designer.”
I live in Woodstock with my wife, Devorah, our daughter, Bethanie, an honor student at John A. Coleman HS, and a motley assortment of cats.
Education
1980 - 1983
Adelphi University
Garden City, New York
B.A. Communications
1985
Germain School of Photography at
Center for Media Arts
New York City
Exhibitions
2015
19th Annual Fall for Art
September 10, 2015
Wiltwyck Golf Club
Kingston, New York
2016
20th Annual Fall for Art
September 8, 2016
The Chateau
Kingston, New York