There are moments of grace, when one is given the inspiration and the ability to achieve the idea that was dreamed. Mary’s Sister was such a moment. Maybe all those […]
Erica Herd has a one-woman show called “Alzheimer’s Blues” running in New York City and surrounding ‘burbs. She asked me to create some art for her new website ericaherd.com and I was happy to comply. I noticed a strong resemblance between Erica and her mother, the subject of “Alzheimer’s Blues.” So, I made this image, to highlight those similarities.


Sitting there in the park one summer evening, she kindly said I could photograph her. When I told her that I admired the elaborate knot of her headdress, she said that one could tell which village a girl came from by the way she tied her turban. Not wanting to impose further on her good nature, I didn’t ask what village she had journeyed so far from, so it remains a puzzle to solve at another date.



















