Tucson at Dusk – Side B
In the days of 45 rpm records, the artist’s labels and publishing companies put the expected hits on side A. That’s what they promoted for airplay and billboard charting. Then […]
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Tucson at Dusk- Side A
We did a quick road trip out to Tucson, Arizona between end-of-school and start-of-camp. Our next door neighbors grew up in Tucson, so they recommended some places to eat. We […]
[15/100 Strangers]: Megan
When I walked past the subject of this portrait, I was departing from the Albuquerque Botanic Garden following frolick, photos, and five successful stranger portraits. I was patting myself on […]
Green Chiles in WHAT?
In Hatch, which claims to be the chile capital of the world, you can find chiles (that’s peppers) in just about everything on a restaurant menu. When we stopped at Sparky’s Burgers Espresso […]
[14/100 Strangers]: Christina
Surfing on my elation of having just made some decent images of flowers and people who grew them (strangers 10-13), I entered an area of the Albuquerque Botanic Garden where […]
Stopping in Hatch, New Mexico
On the road from Albuquerque, heading to Tucson, we did an afternoon pit-stop in a village that grows legendary green chiles: Hatch, New Mexico. Before moving to New Mexcio, we knew […]
[13/100 Strangers]: Eva
The iris specimen that was awarded the Best of Show at the Early Iris Flower Show is pictured here with its proud grower, Eva. It was most suitable for her […]
The Little Black Background
I couldn’t resist making some photos of a bouquet of pink tulips that were brought to me for hosting a dinner party. I waited for the petals to open up […]
Lonely and Superstious
We held a multi-family garage sale in the neighborhood on the weekend. I didn’t have a chance to make any human stranger portraits. Interesting people were gone in a flash […]
[12/100 Strangers]: Helen
Immediately after capturing Patricia, my stranger 11, I began to speak with Helen. I admired her choice of an iris-colored blazer to show her Esprit de corps and told her […]
Snap Mammas 