Every year, the Lilac Festival is the party that kicks Rochester into it’s fun Spring and Summer season. I finished my last class for the year so I thought today would be a good day to bike over to the Lilac Festival and made some quick photographs of people enjoying themselves.

Last month I dropped in on a Jazz concert valentine’s day banquet. I set up a photo booth and my friend Maureen MacGregor helped make portraits of couples while I slipped backstage and onstage to photograph the band and Pamela Smith Reese singing her jazz tunes. It was a fantastic night and I was happy to be [...]

Annual Squirrel Slam in Holley, NY where a local fire station has come under criticism for their fundraiser. Animal rights activists came to protest the killing of the squirrels. One side argues that the squirrels are eaten and are plentiful, the other side argues it is cruel to hunt animals for sport.  

This past weekend I had the privilege to photograph the Winter Special Olympics New York. I also was also assigned to follow and photograph Special Olympics athlete Barney Pedraza. Barney, 37, is a world athlete in the Special Olympics and has been competing for 25 years. He won numerous awards from his recent trip last week representing [...]

A social piece about a young black man trying to make a difference in the lives of his family, his community, and his overal racial image. I’m experimenting a bit with some of the elements so any comments are welcome. Voices of Thunder from Joe Philipson on Vimeo.

Last Spring I started working on a documentary about food and localism. Topics I have never really considered or thought much about. After months and months of work and interviews and editing, I’m finally finished. This was probably my most ambitious endeavor. Through this I learned valuable lessons in every part of this process, from [...]