RIP Jay Colton

Photographer - Editor worked with Time for over 20 years Jay Colton with brother and Sports Illustrated Editor Jimmy Colton taken at Palm Beach Fotofusion 2010

In Memory Of Joseph Farish

It was a very sad day for me when I found out Joseph Farish passed away. I haven’t known Joe and his wife Loreen that long, maybe a couple of years. But how long does it really take to call someone a good friend, who treats you like family.


I was a friend and I worked for Joe and Loreen. I was hired to photograph a wedding, events and even Joe’s new venture, a funeral home, ironically. The Funeral Home is listed on the www.page2live.com on the front page, which is part of the Palm Beach Post.

I will never forget the wedding I photographed at their home. The father of the bride was a friend of Joe’s. I think from the Rotary Club. Joes friends daughter, was getting married and they needed to have the wedding pretty quickly. As you see the bride’s mother was dying of cancer and she didn’t have long to live. Joe and his wife opened their home and took care of the wedding in detail. Photographing the event brought tears to my eyes as they are now, because there was a lot of love felt at the Farish home that day and not a dry eye in the room.

Joe Farish loved the Miami Dolphins. He had a suite every year and was glued to watching the game. I remember covering the Dolphin games and The Farish’s, would always invite me up to their suite. They wouldn’t let me leave on an empty stomach, before heading back to work. Joe was a philanthropist; he was a very giving man not just monetarily but with love and respect toward others. He will be deeply missed but my strong memory for him will never fade away!