Reflections from an artist on witnessing a record art auction by Isaac Hernández As I type this, the Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale is broadcasting live on my screen. Claude Monet’s landscape painting (Lot 35), estimated to be worth between US$1 and $1.5 million dollars is on the block… and it just sold for $2.3 [...]
“All Our Families” portfolio, as published in a 34-page spread in Diario magazine in Italy. ©2000-12 Isaac Hernandez. (More photos below) I wanted to be a photographer to make a difference. Thanks to perseverance and luck, I believe I finally did, if only with one photo essay. It was the year 2000. I got a [...]
As much as I disagree with President Barack Obama on many issues, I’m grateful that he’s up with the times in supporting gay marriage. I understand that the idea of two people of the same sex being married may be upsetting to some people, as they may have been raised with the belief that it [...]