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Who's Who?

Several of the people whose photos appear in this section have enjoyed (for the most part) widespread attention in--and in some cases beyond-- their own areas of specialization. I was very fortunate having had the opportunity to photograph each of them because they were legends in their own time. For some their time has expired, but their contributions and/or controversy have preserved and ensured their legendary status far beyond those times.
Roy Cohn personified "controversy". He was a key member of the prosecution team in the trial of Ethel Rosenburg as a spy for Russia--"key" to the point of having allegedly made a deal with the judge hearing the case to impose the death sentence on Rosenburg. He was described in the news media as "a pre-eminent mouth piece for the mob." The ultimate irony is that he seems to have been at once a Jewish anti-Semite and a homophobic homosexual who died from AIDS.

His life is subject of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Angels in America." [ NEXT ]  [ ARENA HOME PAGE ]