Behind The Lens

Michael Pomerantz is a Lakewood-based artist and anti-war activist. He drives a van with a running total of US deaths in Iraq.

Lakewood resident Michael Pomerantz has gotten both reactions and everything in between to the count of American dead in Iraq he keeps on the back of his van. On the daily rounds from his home on Summit Avenue to the Metroparks where he walks his dog in the morning, or traveling outside of Lakewood to the art fairs where he shows his painting, the body count attracts attention. He has been hugged by little old ladies, interviewed by Channel Three television news and confronted bitterly in the parking lot of Home Depot on 117th Street. “I’ve gotten a lot of middle fingers,” Michael said. “The first one was from a North Olmstead police officer.” 

This was shot for the Lakewood Observer. Read the story here.

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