I’m on my front porch in my fave spot looking at sand and wind and light. Darkroom ready to roll. So yea it’s a bit of nostalgia time before I hit the road again soon for a 6 week marathon. This was my first cover for NatGeoMagazine back in ’73 when I was …
It was a teary eyed moment last year @look3festival when Lois Liggins joined LOOK curator Kathy Ryan @kathyryan1 and I onstage for the launch of “Tell It Like It Is” a book I originally shot in 1967 when I was a grad school student. Lois was on the cover then and now when she was …
This is one of the weirdest pictures I have ever taken. I felt really weird taking it. It’s totally a found picture. All I did was reach in my bag, take out my camera, aim and shoot. Yet it was totally eerie since I had photographed this same Barbie doll about 3 years ago. Washed …
My two long time friends from the Bronx River Projects, Raza Ruckus @ruckushotboy and Uptown ( with his daughter). Ruck and Uptown write lyrics, rap, record. They both were incarcerated when they were 18 for a crime they both did commit. 10 years hard time. 10 years writing lyrics as well. I met them both …
Paris, France. From my book “Living Proof” and story in NatGeo Magazine documenting the international HipHop scene. These guys may look a bit tough to some , yet they were Algerian rappers who very kindly took me into their world in the northern neighborhoods of Paris. Yet when I went in unknown ,this dude …
Retro. From my book “Living Proof”. Here on the West African shore where slaves were sold and shipped to Bahia, Brazil. On board those slave ships were griots like Jali with his kora ( left). Griots are the verbal scribes of Africa. Using kora and drum and voice to tell all that is known …
So ends my little 4 day essay on Texas Hill Country mostly based on the true story of a wedding at the home of Michael Loyd Young and his wife Ofe. Thanks for the fine hospitality my friends. I started with a photo of Mike and Miller and end now with them in The …
Luckenbach, Texas. Just a wee bit south of Texas dead center. Hill Country. Well, just country. In the middle of the day, on a hot tin roof, struts the now famous Luckenbach rooster. Not far away is his soul mate hen just a branch or two up in the oak tree watching his every move. …
LeAnne and Matt Boyd have been married for less than a minute and walk up the aisle in the Texas Hill Country just as the sun goes down ( lucky for this photog). Matt is on the pro golf tour and LeAnne is a teacher. I wish them both a loving life together.
