Saturday 3/3/2012, a group of 50 people marched 17 miles from Greenfield to the gates of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power plant to send another message to the powers that be to shut this monstrosity down. Here is what the organizers had to say. “POWERSHIFT is a march to protest […]
This is Singh, Pop’s package store, Northampton, Mass. Somehow he always convinces me to buy more than I had come for. “ Mr. Paul , how many do you want ? 20? special just for you, you are lucky today.” We have a running joke, he tells everyone in the […]
Valencia is a beautiful city to visit any time of the year, but for the next month, building up to a crescendo during march 15h -19th, one of the great festivals on the planet is about to explode once again. The Las Fallas festival has its origin as a […]
This is my fabulous Mother Rohna Shoul wearing a shawl called the Shoul, photographed by her son Paul Shoul. You gotta love it. Originally I contacted the makers of the Shoul just for the novelty of being able to write that sentence, but it turns out my mother really loves […]
Driving home from lunch today, I passed by a dog sledders truck parked on the corner of Pearl and Main in Northampton.
I love the Young at heart chorus. Every time I photograph them, a little bit of their uber energy rubs off on me, and I feel hopeful for the world again. Last week I shot them during a rehearsal in Florence Mass. Above, John Rhinehart dances across the room during […]
Every life is precious. There are some who take that to heart and dedicate their life’s influence beyond the circle of their loved ones to helping all of us. Greg Speeter, who passed away last Thursday at age 68, was one of those people. As the founder of The national […]
PeopleView: Megan LaBonte Daily inspiration in multiple media From Preview Massachusetts Wednesday, February 01, 2012 By Tom Sturm Photography By Paul Shoul Photographer and multimedia artist Megan LaBonte was born and raised in the Pioneer Valley, and typically re-invents herself on a daily basis. Whether hula-hooping, gluing thousands of beads […]