by Jeff Slater | Apr 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
In 1974 I worked as an assistant to a photographer named Larry Kanevsky in Center City Philadelphia. His studio was a second story walk up on Sansom Street. Larry was a quirky, talented commercial photographer who I met through some connections we had in common at...
by Jeff Slater | Apr 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
When I was about 7 years old, I went on my first (and only) bank robbery.I lived on a very quiet street in northern New Jersey filled with dozens of little kids who in early 1960’s fashion rode their bikes, played baseball in the backyard and went together...
by Jeff Slater | Mar 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
I won. To quote Sally Fields, “they like me, they really like me.”The Pulitzer Price- I found this in a box of CrackerjacksI didn’t expect to receive this phone call but I was notified by the Pulitzer committee early in the morning. They said that...
by Jeff Slater | Mar 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
March 25th is the 44th anniversary of my Bar Mitzvah. Jewish boys and girls are called up to read from the sacred Torah around the time of their 13th birthday. It is the passageway, in Jewish law, to adulthood. You are given the honor to conduct the...
by Jeff Slater | Mar 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
When I was fourteen I started a band with Neal Turen, Mark Berkowitz and Jeff Sarokin. Full disclosure: I wanted to be cool so the girls would like me.The boys in the band. Jeff Slater, Neal Turen, Mark Berkowitz and Jeff SarokinI had a little musical talent but...
by Jeff Slater | Mar 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
Both of my daughters broke their arms within two weeks of each other in 1988. Casting a Memory: Sarah and Fanny 1988 In the summer of 1988, when Sarah was 7 and Fanny was 3, they both had accidents that caused them to get casts. Fortunately, neither girl had...
