| I was born at the end of World War II in Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, but almost immediately my parents moved to the Bronx where I lived until 1965. After that I lived in Flushing, NY, while attending law school. I spent the first 23 years of my life in New York City, and was educated in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Brooklyn. When I graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1968, I chose to work for the federal government in Washington, DC, and spent the next 13 years living in Alexandria and Arlington, Virginia. In 1975, I was married in Richmond, VA, my wife's home town. The last 28 years have been spent in Connecticut during which time I have worked for the federal government in both New York City and New Haven, CT. My profession is the law and I recently completed my 41st year in that field as a lawyer and judge. This website, however, is not about my profession, but rather about my interests, which include photography, movies, baseball, and computer graphics. I am a big fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers, having started with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1952. While I certainly have an interest in other sports, including rooting for the New York Jets and the UConn women's basketball team, baseball and the Dodgers are a lifetime passion. The name "Roy Dodger" was the original screen name I chose when I was on America Online. My interest in photography began while watching my father enlarge and develop his pictures in a tiny darkroom we had in our apartment in the Bronx. I inherited a couple of boxes of his photos. Every once in a while I search through them to see if I can find some of his more interesting and artistic achievements. Many are family photos of the sort you might see in any family photo album of that era, and others are quite unusual, especially since my father worked in black and white and made his own prints. One of his favorite subjects appears to have been street scenes. It is as if he knew that the scenes and automobiles in them would inevitably change, making these photos increasingly fascinating from an historic point of view. He also loved city landmarks. Below are some photos taken by my father in the 1940s. For a gallery of more of my father's photos, click here. | |
