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On Friday, Nikki and I celebrated the launch of Alleys & Ruins with old friends and 3 enormous 8X10 foot photographs of the alleys. I spoke about the troubled young photographer who began those night shoots without knowing that his small, unlikely project would define his life, help save him, and become the book we were celebrating. I wished I could show that younger self Nikki and the good life that awaited him. Thank you to Bryan, my editor, Bob and Robin for their amazing

After 25 years of making the photographs, and years more writing, editing and designing, five pallets containing 5,200 pounds of books arrived at my studio. Alleys & Ruins is finally real, finished and in my hands! Nikki and I (and our little beagle Flo) celebrated with Bryan, my amazing editor, and Bob, who read an early manuscript, loved it, and quietly made a few things happen that pushed the book across the finish line. Champagne was involved. There were a lot of boxes! A

I'm working on a new series of images. I almost never show a photograph before its ready, but I'm pretty happy with the early results so...

I was the featured artist with Amdur Productions recently which was very cool! Amdur productions is known nation-wide for producing many...

I recently won the City of Tampa Award at Gasparilla, Tampa's premier art festival. It was great to be recognized and honored in a city I...

It was a great privilage to be CAVA's featured artist for October and November 2023. FEATURED CAVA ARTIST XAVIER NUEZ is an acclaimed,...

Darkwood Serenade, 2023 For months I'd been doing casual research on mushrooms, learning how astonishing their hidden world (and the...

In Florida I met Randal who had created an entire Fairy village next to his home in the forest NW of Naples. I went to see it and it...

I have a friend in Nashville, Missy Gurley, who's a brilliant pastry chef. Seeing her creations made me think of cakes in a new way. Yes...

Doing art festivals, you always get to see a community at its best. You find a gathering of people enjoying many of the best things life...

I had had an idea for an image for some years: where a winding path would lead through overgrown, lush foliage. One day while on a walk...

My image "Lost and Found" has been a big hit with collectors. Amy Amdur - the unrivaled Queen of Chicago art festivals - has called Lost...

I paddled through dense green waters, and drifted along turquoise blue streams. Through fields of wildflower, I floated as if in a dream....

During the pandemic, I got into the habit of going for hour long morning walks. One day I reached a street corner where the residents had...

PBS crew in my studio. November 2021 This Wednesday, March 16, I'll be one of the artists featured in a very intimate and personal...

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As usual, my students created incredible works with just a few hours of training. Here are a few of their images. The next workshop will...

My latest image, Lost and Found, has been a real journey to create, but I love the result! The trailer is actually a rare cultural...

I just finished the epic and traumatizing TV show, Them, about a black family that moves into Compton in 1953, when the neighborhood was...

In the midst of this pandemic, and having to stay at home with extra time on my hands, I've started putting together short videos that...