Boston Native
Photographer
About Ed Sokoloff
Edward Sokoloff, age 81, was born, brought up, and resides in Boston. He is a lawyer by profession. His interest in photography began about 50 years ago.
On occasion Ed brought his camera along to a party, event or home visit, and took pictures. If he really liked a picture, he would send a print to the person in it. Some of these chance pictures have been prominently displayed in the homes of those people for 15, 20 or 25 years.
Articles Featuring Ed Sokoloff
June 7, 2019 article in Boston Globe’s Talking Points AM newsletter by Larry Edelman, Boston Globe Deputy Managing Editor
Edward Sokoloff ‘Boston’s Chinatown Restaurant Montage 2018’ on display at China Trade Center
The collage includes Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg flag (per article in Boston Globe newspaper “Reclaiming Old Glory” dated June 26, 2016). A tattered flag from National 9/11 Museum. The flag currently flown over Prospect Hill in Somerville, the original of which is purported to be the first American/Colonial flag (a/k/a Grand Union flag) flown on January 1, 1776;
Inspiration
In all the montages which are limited to single subject categories, Ed has attempted to include as many as possible past and present places. His twofold purpose is to extend art to a new form of instant participant enjoyment in picking out familiar places, names and objects on one canvas, which creates a means for viewers to enjoy the places that they know of now or grew up knowing; and, to historically preserve all the places. Ed felt a sense of satisfaction when one person, after recognizing him, called him “historian”.
