Ali Cotton

10/11/2026

What a find! I knew my grandpa photographed Presidents, Norman Rockwell and Robert Frost…but check this one out. Does anyone know the man with Maxfield Parrish on the right? This looks like it was at his estate in Plainfield, NH. - May 3, 1947.

Two 4x5 negatives I have in my collection. 🫶

08/17/2026

It was an honor to be a guest on
Double D-Fense!

Thank you, Liz and Christine! Check the show out here ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

This week on Double D-Fense’s Women Behind the Boards, we’re joined...

08/17/2026

I am speaking publicly this week, and I am worried I will sound like Maria Sophia.

But…if I do sound like her, I think it will be pretty entertaining.

08/08/2026

My memories on facebook are now feeding me Michigan Paracon photos, including of me and Ernie Hudson 👻 from 2015. (I actually went to this first con mostly to meet this guy.)

Wow, time flies…. and so many friends were made over 9 years.

I love this video memory from the last night of MiParacon in 2024. It kind of combines my first and last MiParacons… and I loved every year I was there. 📸 (What a thrill to photograph it each year, too!)

Enjoy 👻👻👻. Michigan Paranormal Convention Johnny Zaffis

08/04/2026

I’ve always loved photographing politicians. One of my fave moments was getting access to Bob Dole in Hanover NH. I had to photograph a public speaking event for a Hallmark Institute of Photography assignment. I showed up with my Hassleblad and other reporters wondered what the heck I was doing, in a world of 35mm.

Here are more recent news makers I have photographed. Some have flip flopped a bit since I took their pix. Either way, it’s all about being a historian to me.