First Recipient of the Scholarship Fund!

Deborah Elonga, 2018 graduate of Concord High School, was the first recipient of the Different Roots, Common Dreams Scholarship Fund. Read more about her and the fund in this article in the Concord Monitor was on 11/22/18 (Thanksgiving Day). It was the lead article on...

“Most Fascinating Artist” Award!

In 2018, Becky Field was named Concord’s “Most Fascinating Artist”.  She was nominated by a member of immigrant community for the photography work she has been doing since 2012 to document the lives of NH’s immigrants and...

GIS interpretation of photos

Check out this very interesting and creative interpretation of several of my photos using a Geographic Information System (GIS), created by Christopher Bernard at University of New Hampshire – link You can see Chris’ full article about my UNH exhibit here....

Scars of Refugees

I found this article important and moving. It is understandable that some … want to pretend that they are not refugees. It is more glamorous to be an exile, more comprehensible to be an immigrant, more desirable to be an expatriate. The need to belong can change...

Book wins TWO national awards!

[fusion_text]”Different Roots, Common Dreams” has received two national book awards. First is a 2016 Benjamin Franklin book award from the Independent Book Publishers Association – a silver award in the Multicultural category.  I flew to Salt Lake...

Great Book Review!

“Different Roots, Common Dreams”  received a wonderful review from the Midwest Book Review! They stated that it “is a pleasure to browse through and … very highly recommended.” Here’s the review. The Photography Shelf Different...