I have an unhealthy obsession with nuclear war and its aftermath - this influence is clearly stamped on my work. I can’t help it… I’d rather not have this obsession (I watched Terminator 3 for the 4th time today), but the fact remains that I believe in my lifetime at least one major city somewhere […]

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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 got some excellent leads for places to shoot tonight in Milwaukee. I didn’t find anyone to shoot with so I’ll go out alone. I have to be twice as careful, at least in theory, when I shoot alone at night. If I find a neighborhood with a lot of potential, I’ll park the van […]

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TV is a horrible drug… worse than crack… In a cold turkey break, twelve years ago I got rid of my TV. After many offers and many temptations, two years later my dad coaxed me into taking his 3-inch B&W version, which I would occassionally watch in bed, with it sitting on my chest. This seemed […]

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I just finished reading The Road, the Pulitzer Prize winning, post-apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy (who also wrote No Country for Old Men). Its as dark a tale as you can imagine: a father and son, maybe 10 years after an all out, global nuclear war, travel along a road, trying to get to warmer climes, while evading marauding […]

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I’ve never met anyone with a worse memory than me. I’ve also never met anyone with Alzheimer’s, but I’d surely give even them a run for their money. My memory is not just bad - it’s a huge burden, a constant aggravation, a handicap and also a very real concern. I think its getting worse and […]

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Last weekend while in Indianapolis, I stayed with one of my best friends, Steve, who I grew up with. He’s a professor of Spanish Literature at Indiana University in Bloomington. His dissertation was on Medieval Spanish Literature; he’s a recognized expert on Cervantes and on mythology in literature. He’s a published author - his recent book is […]

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I have a song stuck in my head, but I don’t mind. Sometimes the song stuck in your head is a song you like. In this case, its my song-of-the-week. Its stuck in my head because I’ve played it a hundred times in the past 48 hours. This is the way I operate: A song […]

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The shoot in Indianapolis went well  -  I should say great, because I just got the film and pictures back from the lab today, and I’m very, VERY pleased. But I’ll say “well” because I’m my own worst critic.
It was a dirty shoot, and another smooth adventure. Dave Evans and I went crawling around and under tight […]

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After 18 months of living in the Bay Area, I have a handful of images I’m happy with. It hasn’t been easy. I’ve scoured this vast and relatively young urban setting for old decaying stuff to shoot. Whenever I was out, I sniffed the air for urban rot. I followed countless leads and found myself in countless dead […]

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