Photography provides sharp retirement focus for BG’s Joe Jacoby

Joe Jacoby, photographer, will have his photographs for sale at the Levis Commons Fine Art Fair. (Photo: J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune)

As Professor Joe Jacoby's retirement approached in 2008, he had his future in sharp focus.
Jacoby taught sociology and criminology for 27 years at Bowling Green State University, capping a 33-year academic career. In that time he'd attended plenty of retirement parties -  wine, cheese and shop talk.
He wanted something different. So Jacoby staged an exhibit of his photography in the gallery space in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union. "I did it as a celebration of post-retirement life."