Boston Photographer
PHOTO BY BILL BRETT While at an event the other night at the UMass Club in Boston, Bill photographed this stunning sunset as seen looking out over the Back Bay. Bill told us that it was only visible for a short time, but we are taking it as a sign of the great weather to come.
COVER PHOTO BY KERRY BRETT RED SOX SPRING TRAINING, FLORIDA — My daughter, Kerry Brett, an accomplished award-winning portrait photographer in her own right, took this portrait of Chris Sale at the Sox spring training recently. The edition hits the streets by Monday morning. (Kerry told me to thank Scott Stunzenas for assisting on the shoot and Chris Rioux for your fabulous retouching skills.) Photo by Kerry Brett
WINCHESTER — Local real estate magnate and philanthropist Bill Cummings has written an autobiography and was at Winchester’s Book Ends on March 10 for his first event to talk about the book. “Starting Small and Making It Big: An Entrepreneur’s Journey to Billion-Dollar Philanthropist” chronicles his life from his humble beginnings in Medford to his membership in the Giving Pledge, an international organization founded by Melinda and Bill Gates and Warren Buffett for the world’s…
BEACON HILL — Bill was sorting through a stack of prints of photographs that he has from the 1990s. This shot was taken on the day that Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and his wife, Kitty, walked out the State House (through the actual front door/gate on Beacon Street) for the last time. This shot was taken in January 1991. The New York Times had a full story on this transition at the State House. (Subscription…
CHATHAM — He was the son of a Boston mayor, a veteran of the US Marine Corps, and TV anchor from the days when those who read us the evening news ranked as some of the city’s most powerful denizens, but Jack Hynes remained one of the most approachable and affable people in Boston. On Monday, Feb. 19, 2018, hundreds of family, friends and well-wishers filled Holy Redeemer Church in Chatham and then filed to…
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