This is a very beautiful city… almost too much so. I went looking for a little urban decay today but couldn’t find much. I did find an area that I’ll be exploring further tomorrow night. A detective with the San Diego Police Dept, who I met last year and is a fan of my work, had […]

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Wow, what a fantastic show in Portland… Art in the Pearl! Its a great city with great people…
And wow… I didn’t get a single alley shot. Saturday night I was fired up - ready to dive into Portland’s darker, grittier corners looking for diamonds in the rough. I drove and walked around with Pam for 4 […]

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I had a commercial photography career before becoming a full-time artist - in fact it paid for all the money I was losing as an artist. The vast majority of my jobs were, coincidentally, architectural. I would shoot interiors and exteriors for design and architectural firms and for decor magazines. During the day I would shoot expensive […]

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I’ve just learned my work will be used as the backdrop for a benefit concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC on November 8th.  The concert is a fundraiser for Shepherd’s Table, a nonprofit organization that helps people who are homeless or in need of basic services. 
Portulaca flower, shot in 2003

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I went to Lake Del Valle with Pam on Saturday… there’s nothing like lake swimming.
The area was not what I’m accustomed to in the East. Grass here grows naturally in the winter, for 2 months, then dries to a crisp for the rest of the year. This huge man-made lake (its actually a reservoir that provides water […]

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A small storm accompanied me on part of my trip to Chicago last night.
On my way to Ann Arbor from Minneapolis a few days ago, a massive storm gathered on the horizon as I drove down I-94. Lightning strikes were occurring more than once per second - I don’t think I’d ever seen that before. The sky […]

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I’m in Ann Arbor, MI (a little dazed and confused) for a few days before heading for Chicago for the Gold Coast show. Despite the slowing economy, my shows continue going strong and I’m eternally grateful!
In the Twin Cities this weekend, I went out shooting two nights in St. Paul, and I’m thrilled with the shots. I […]

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I arrived home last night after my 12-hr drive from Seattle, and had a sweet 10-hr sleep … aaaahhhhh!!!
Then I woke up just in time for another day of madness - scrambling to get an impossible number of critical things done in one day. Now, 9:15pm, I have to go to the airport for the red-eye to Detroit. […]

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Driving back to the Bay Area from Seattle today brought back memories of an amazing hitchhiking trip that I took down the coast, from Seattle to San Diego, many years ago with my friend Gerry. Two guys hitchhiking is a recipe for not getting a lift, so we had to devise ways around this. One […]

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I’m going shooting tonight… I met a guy, Raoul, who’ll be watching my back. A friend of his, a graff artist, may come too. Seattle has many great locations to shoot. I was here last year and stumbled upon a vast old industrial area that ran for miles. I shot this at the time:
Alleys & Fire […]

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