Long known for my environmental portraits, and as a chronicler of Jewish communities throughout the world, my photographs have been exhibited in major museums and galleries throughout the United States and Israel. My work has also appeared in a wide variety of publications and is found in numerous public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, The International Center for Photography, The Jewish Museum, The Chicago Art Institute, The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, The Mississippi Museum of Art, The Skirball Cultural Center, The Museum of American Jewish History, The Israel Museum, in Jerusalem, and the Museum of the Diaspora, in Tel-Aviv.

My first book, From The Corners Of The Earth, presents, in words and images, the Jewish communities of the former Soviet Union, Cuba, Jerusalem, New York and Los Angeles, and was published, with an introduction by Chaim Potok, by The Jewish Publication Society.

A second volume of my work, Shalom Y’all: Images of Jewish Life in the American South, with an introduction by Alfred Uhry and a text by Vicki Reikes Fox, was published by Algonquin Books.

My current project, entitled “New Beginnings: Surviving Cancer, 100 stories,” focuses on cancer survivors who have not let a diagnosis of cancer prevent them from living their lives to the fullest; it is concerned with what happens after the initial shock and treatment end, the “silent” phase of cancer.

I live in Los Angeles with my wife and two sons, where I am undoubtedly the only freelance photographer with a Ph.D. in sociology. More of my work and a more detailed résumé can be found on my website, www.billaron.com.