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 Ron is an internationally-recognized award-winning photographer based in the Washington, DC, area. His photographs have appeared in numerous magazines over the years, including: Historic Preservation, US News and World Report, National Geographic Traveler, Travel & Leisure, Pacifica, Wingspan (Japan), Signature (Japan), Esquire (Japan), Ca Y Est (Japan) and Orgyn (Belgium) to name a few. He has worked for national corporations [The Washington Post, The National Geographic Society, Middleton Place Foundation, National Retail Federation, USPS, Marine Corps League, Colonial Williamsburg] and international corporations [Diner's Club of Japan, Tokyo Gas, Toto (Japan), US Meat Export Federation (Japan)], and his photographs have appeared in several books including Washington, DC (Abrams); Gardens of America (Thomasson-Grant); and Alexandria, Virginia: a Pictorial History (Donning). Ron's photographs also illustrate a children's book titled The Thoroughbred Horse - Born to Run and A Guide to Equine Joint Injection by Solvay Veterinary.
Ron is a member of the ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers) and past vice president, program chairman and membership committee chairman of the local Washington, DC, chapter. He is also a member of EP (Editorial Photographers). Photography has given Ron the opportunity to travel the world, having the pleasure of seeing all aspects of life and making lifelong friends with clients and subjects alike. His photos on one assignment turned into a special tour for Japanese travelers to travel the same route as the photographer and writer. Other assignments resulted in a wedding party invitation at a Welsh pub at the request of the vicar, being stuck for ten hours in a snowstorm on the German autobahn, being invited for breakfast outside a stall at the Istanbul Spice Market, and fishing for dolphin fish in the Florida Keys. Each assignment brings a new adventure. Ron lives in McLean, Virginia, with his wife, Dr. Alexandra Tolstoy (a research scientist specializing in acoustical oceanography). |
| Acknowledgements |
| Ron would like to especially thank Bruce A. McElfresh, retired National Geographic Magazine Illustrations Editor and Sally Bensusen, multimedia specialist at NASA and scientific illustrator, for their valuable advice and guidance. He would like to thank Paula Sotirin of St. Paul, MN, for the website design. |