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This is the Commodore Barry statue behind (south of) Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pa. I have worked with this sculpture many times but I find it at it￿s best in the fall. He is a legend in the Revolutionary War. George Washington's statue is on the north side of Independence Hall. It tells you something about the importance of Barry's role in that pivotal time in America's history.

From Wikipedia:
John Barry (March 25, 1745 ￿ September 13, 1803) was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. He is widely credited as "The Father of the American Navy" (and shares that moniker with John Paul Jones) and was appointed a Captain in the Continental Navy on December 7, 1775. He was the first Captain placed in command of a US warship commissioned for service under the Continental flag.

I attended the University of Rhode Island where I studied photography under Bart Parker. I graduated with a BFA in fine art photography and a minor in communications. College was always b&w work, hand-processed in the dark room, using many different cameras. It was great fun. After college I worked in the photo-finishing business for many years as well as doing commercial photography. In the 80's I started to shoot only color for my artwork and never returned to the world of black & white - until 2014. I started converting my color digital images to black and white whenever I saw them as intended for bw. I believe the eye you started with does not go away. With my newest Fujifilm digital cameras, I am shooting for b&w and...