Portraits

Lee by the side of a barn.
A very strong farmworker. New Mexico.

Lightworks.
A composite of solar powered light wands and performance artists. Cuxhaven, Germany.

Venus waiting by the phone.
Botticelli and Call waiting. Amalfi Coast, Italy.

Is this the right dress?
Way too tight and way too short. Studio fashion shoot. Los Angeles, California.

That diving board is bending.
Maybe you don't even need the sign. You're not ever going to find out what she was thinking. Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

Charcoal burner after work.
To make charcoal you have to burn it. Samos, Greece.

Light suit in tech town.
Chhristmas is not when you simply light up a tree, not in this town. Portland, Oregeon.

Combat photog caught in scanner.
An Indian/Australian combat photographer who has been to every hostile place in the world. Face down on the scanner. Location undisclosed.

Polaroid. Remember Polaroid?
Is that sky I can see between your lips? Portland, Maine.

A corrugated face.
Remember slide projectors? This model was projected onto the side of the studio. Squire Canyon, California.

Odile dressed for Mardi Gras.
Near to the last time this town knew how to really party. San Luis Obispo, California.

Left eye.
Lucy knew she had a great body by the time she was eighteen. Her eyes were simple and yet, amazing. Abiquiu, New Mexico

A black woman with a Kerry James Marshall painting.
A great painter with great museum attendance. Chicago.

Lili with old eucalyptus.
These gnarled old trees had plenty of room for some smoothness. San Simion Point, California.

Nipple hook fish.
I am having dificulty remembering what the concept was for this shoot, especially this image. Bergen, Norway.

Red jacket at a funeral.
In the rain on Mount Tamalpais during a funeral for Stevie who succumbed to Aids. Marin County, California.

A cranky Jennifer.
She knew a look is more than a glance. California.

James Wines.
Artist and architect, founder of SITE Inc. Just after having a greasy hamburger at Foster's Freeze, San Luis Obispo, Calfornia.

Sean's back tattoo.
Sean is from Nevada. The real question is what is the story his back tells and why was he in rural Guatamela?

Orange robed shaman.
Begging outside a temple. Patan, Nepal.
Photographers never see people the way they see themselves.
Not the normal head and shoulders shots. Maybe the subjects are different too.