Phil Straus

Phil is a photographer. He straddles the digital-analog border with a 4x5 camera and experience with film, scanning, Photoshop, and toned silver prints. For dozens of thousand-word equivalents answering the question, "What does he photograph?" see his website, StrausPhoto.com. Phil is on the board of directors at the Center for Defense Information, where he's underwritten the launch of the Straus Military Reform Project. He is supporting a MotherJones.com project on militarism. He's recently begun playing the piano and composing music, and he's returning to running after a 10-year lapse due to now-eliminated arthritis. He's looking forward to also returning to the study of mathematics. He has been a devoted player of the game Go more than 35 years. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Margaret Harris. They've recently become empty nesters. Phil has degrees in psychology and engineering. For other details of his past life, ask his cousin, Jane Butcher.