Richard Marshall Opera and Photography

  This was an unusual snow storm for November. We got 15 inches of wet snow. Then it continued every day with about 1 inch a day. Large parts of southern Vermont were without power as heavy branches and even... Read More

While exploring the small towns near the Vermont border in Massachusetts, I drove to Florida, the highest and coldest in the state, just up the mountain from North Adams. I came to see Stan Brown and his wife. Stan had... Read More

While wandering through the massive galleries of MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) in North Adams, I saw one of the guards looking out the window. There was something he wanted to see through this large industrial window in... Read More

MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) is reputed to be the largest museum in the country and maybe the world for contemporary art. It is housed in a series of old industrial buildings in North Adams, Massachusetts. Some of... Read More

New additions to my Portraits collection.   Susan DeDell is conductor of the Brattleboro Concert Choir. I met her across a table in a restaurant in Brattleboro over a cup of coffee. But, when I went to take her picture... Read More

Once in a while there is an opportunity to get an unusual photo. It was during the Christmas holidays when my wife’s cousin’s husband and my wife’s grand children were visiting. Michael, that was his name, loved fireworks which he... Read More

As I continue my research for A Ramble through Small-Town New England I’m meeting more fascinating people. Yesterday I drove to Florida, Massachusetts, the highest and perhaps coldest town in Massachusetts,  to meet Stanley Brown. Stan was 84 and had lived... Read More

I am working on the second volume of my book and spent part of Sunday photographing North Adams. Here are part of the results. North Adams is the smallest and poorest city in Massachusetts. When Sprague Electric moved out, a... Read More

Once a year the Borough of Brooklyn had what was called “Atlantic Antics”. It took place on Atlantic Avenue. What attracted me was the bright colors of the clown. If the viewers computer can show the photo large enough, you... Read More

I missed taking a picture of 3 birds bathing together in my bird bath but I caught this Hairy Woodpecker on my flagpole looking behind himself. How often can you get a bird photo that is funny. The picture is... Read More