Marjorie's Big Adventure

Ruth's daughter Marjorie just graduated from WVU's journalism school. She is starting a job as a reporter at the Lewistown PA Sentinel daily newspaper. Ruth & I went to support her as she searched for an apartment in this Pennsylvania mill town, nestled deep in rolling green mountains.
She found one... and an adventure begins.

Bob & Edith's Diner - Columbia Pike Photographic Documentary Project

Some images from Bob and Edith's Diner, late last night. It's an old-school American 24-hour chrome diner,
located at 2310 Columbia Pike, in Arlington, Virginia. www.bobandedithsdiner.com

Neon and cheese.

These images are part of the ongoing Columbia Pike Photographic Documentary Project I am working on with fellow photographers Paula Endo and Mimi Xang Ho. The area around Columbia Pike is one of the most ethnically-diverse neighborhoods on the planet.
Home.

NovaZanz CD

I just got the new "Night Walk" CD from Novazanz, a wonderful band. I did the cover photography for them. Pete Durgan and John Cropp on vocals, guitar, and bass. Fine listening... www.novazanz.com

APRIL FOOL!

Annual Report

Meadow Green Courts Community Center

A few images from an assignment documenting a program funded by the Enterprise Community Foundation, the Meadow Green Courts Community Center, in Southeast Washington DC.

There was a shrine to a murder victim one block away from the center (see: http://dcshrines.blogspot.com ). Clear evidence that these effective neighborhood programs are truly needed.

Lower East Side - street conjunctions

Street funk vibe space eye dances

Antique doll heads

From a collection in Tine's studio

Schamlos Schoen

"Schamlos Schoen" ist eine neue CD mit alten deutschen Volksliedern, aufgenommen 2007 in New York mit der deutschen Kunstlerin und Saengerin Tine Kinderman und weltweit bekannten Musikern wie Marc Ribot und Greg Cohen (Tom Waits Band, Marianne Faithful, etc), produziert von Frank London (Klezmatics).

I went to New York to photograph artist and singer Tine Kindermann for her upcoming CD of German folksongs, "Schamlos Schoen"- Shameless Beauty.

Check Tine's interesting artworks and the music at:
http://www.myspace.com/tinekindermann

Mystic Funhouse Alien Sorcery Apparition

Anna London & I beam in an image via an East Village NY kitchen tabletop photo portal.

Greetings, Earth people around the Sun.

First Flowers

Today is March 4, 2008. I saw the first crocuses of the year blooming bright in my front yard today.

Happy.

Another cycle.

Deep Minor

I did the cover photo for a new CD "Deep Minor," by the acclaimed young Russian-American klezmer/jazz clarinetist, Alex Kontorovich. It's well worth a listen or three. Available on CD Baby and through Alex at:
http://alexkontorovich.com

Walk

Ruth & I went for a walk at Lake Fairfax Park in Virginia.

Quiet mysteries. Winter grace.

Care Concern & Comfort

This caring mentor reached out to a young girl in her program. I was touched by her sensitivity, and the real, hard-earned trust the child has for her.

I was documenting an empowerment group for pre-teen and adolescent girls who come from troubled home environments in Columbia, South Carolina.

Assignment in Albuquerque

I was sent to New Mexico to document a teen sexual-health peer counseling program in the South Valley, an impoverished but vital Latino and Native American area of the city. I was moved by the warm people, their struggle and joys, the pervasivenes and depth of the unique local culture, and the transfixing light.

YHGG

I was visited by my wonderful and talented friend, Danielle Probst.

We made some pictures together.

Perhaps this one reveals something of her depth and beauty.