The Socialist Fraternal Kiss Long Sleeve T-Shirt

The fraternal kiss became famous via Erich Honecker and Leonid Brezhnev, who were photographed exercising the ritual. The photograph became widespread and it was subsequently (1990) transformed into a graffiti painting on the Berlin Wall named My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love.

I am a former educator, having spent 40 years in Nebraska and Iowa as a teacher, counselor, and school psychologist. In 2006 I returned to my love of art and began shooting nature, landscape, wildlife, and weddings. I loved the midwestern states but have also enjoyed traveling across the US and international locations. Taking photos of the special visions I saw prompted many of these photos. You will see shots in Iowa, California, Montana, Wyoming in the US and shots from Italy, Greece, the Philippines, Great Britain, Germany and so on in this portfolio. In June-July 2018 I traveled to Kenya and Tanzania, East Africa. Then in October 2019, I traveled to South America (Peru and Ecuador and Galapagos Islands) to new vistas! I use...