Warren’s photographs have sold globally and are in a number of books, on covers, and
have appeared in a variety of magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times.
His photography has also been turned into the most popular line of postcards and note
cards ever sold in the seventeen towns of Fire Island.
Warren’s stories of his interactions with the wildlife of Fire Island, of the development of
personal relationships with several critters of different species, and of his unusual lifestyle
have been published in a number of magazines and newspapers.
Warren lived for twenty years in the heart of Greenwich Village in New York City, during
the decades when it was the center of the artistic world, and was an active participant in
the first Gay Pride Parade ever held.
He was at the Martin Luther King “I Have A Dream” gathering in Washington, D.C., and
years later, at a gay rights march, was tear-gassed on the steps of the United States Capitol.
In 1994 he assisted Gilbert Baker, the creator of the original Rainbow Flag, which has
become the world-wide symbol of the gay rights movement, with the Mile-long Rainbow
Flag, centerpiece of the twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of Stonewall at the United
Nations in New York.
As a playwright, Warren Boyd Wexler has also authored twenty-nine dramatic scripts that
have been performed world-wide, mostly on television through the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation. He also designed the World’s Fair of Health for Madison Square Garden.
He has swum with a family of sea-lions in the Galapagos, climbed to the lost Inca city of
Machu Picchu in Peru, parachuted out of an airplane, been to Carnival in Rio, and traveled
down the Nile twice. With permanent residences both in Manhattan and on Fire Island,
since 1989 he has made Cherry Grove his chosen home year-round, spending many of his
days wandering Fire Island, photographing the magic that he sees all about him.
Warren’s life was full of exploration and joy, and he often said that he felt “lucky” that he
got to share his amazing life with his partner Dick, until he passed on November 4, 2024.
He often returned to spots in their various seasonal incarnations and marveled at how a landscape
can transform into what seems like a different world.
Through his lens, Warren projected to the world the magic of Fire Island that he got to experience
every day, until he passed on November 4, 2024.
Through his lens we can see Warren’s passion for the beauty of our
precious hamlet. He brings to life the intimacy of looking into the
eyes of a buck on the beach, capturing the elusive fox as they crawl
out of their den or waiting for the perfect spring day to capture the
blooming flora and fauna of Fire Island.
Like many people who visit Cherry Grove, Warren loved to
photograph the deer that run free all over the island.
He captured many breathtaking moments with doe(s),
fawns and bucks, but it was his intimate interactions and
personal connections to the deer that meant the most to him.
In an excerpt taken from the book “Fire Island in Color”
by Jeff Richards, Warren talks about his special connection
with the deer of Fire Island.
