Boston Photographer
PHOTO OF MARY KAKAS BY BILL BRETT FOR BOSTON: IRISH HINGHAM — A memorial celebration for Boston businesswoman and social philanthropist Mary Kakas will be held on Saturday, June 23, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Glastonbury Abbey in Hingham. Kakas, who will be remembered for her indefatigable efforts on behalf of the causes and people she supported, had lived in Hingham and Hull before moving to Boston several years ago. She was a South…
BOSTON — Our own Bill Brett went to Boston Common the other day with his family and has camera to pay respects to the 37,000 men and women who have lost their lives in service to our country. This gallery includes some of the images he captured, which include grieving families, passersby, and a wedding rehearsal. We hope everyone has a safe and happy Memorial Day. All photos by Bill Brett
PHOTO BY BILL BRETT SEAPORT — I stopped by the No Name the other day and the lines were snaking out in front of the famed, nameless restaurant. I always enjoy listening to the din of the dining room with all the visitors from around the world. Nothing like a piece of fish and some salad.
PHOTO BY TED GARTLAND BOSTON — Bill Brett’s dear friend and longtime colleague Ted Gartland’s famous photo of Philadelphia 76ers Julius Erving and Boston Celtics Larry Bird at each other’s throat was the subject of a wonderful and much shared story in the Boston Globe by Eric Moskowitz. Bill had always like the photograph, taken in the old Boston Garden in 1984, and asked Gartland if we could share it here. So that no one…
PHOTOS BY BILL BRETT DORCHESTER — Hundreds gathered this morning to pay their final respects to Mary Brett McCarthy, a longtime clerk-secretary for the Boston Police Department who worked out of Area C District 11 in Dorchester, where she grew up. And it was to Dorchester, her home church of St. Margaret’s, that Mary returned one last time. A couple of pipers from the Boston Police Gaelic Column of Pipes and Drums played as her…
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