Wednesday, November 19, 2003

Photographic Memories

I’m a bit behind this morning (thanks, Coach Knight) so I’m going to run with what is already in the can, to use filmic lingo.  In other words, here’s some more of my photos.  You wanted words?  Come back tomorrow, I’ll have a doozy or two for you.  Meantime, if you don’t like the heat, go someplace cooler. 

This one was from 1984 (note the pencilthin necktie on the patriotic fellow), when the Olympics came to LA.  It was one of the best summers of my life.  This was taken on Hollywood Boulevard near Vine Street - the heart of glitzville - during a wonderfully proletarian and uncomplicated parade.

This one is from around 1987, at U.C.Berkeley.  I think it speaks for itself, in that I am about this articulate myself right now.

This one was taken around 1992 at Bodie State Park, a ghost town about 15 miles north-east of Mono Lake, in a desolate and arid plain where 10,000 people used to live.  Now it’s a monument to what was.  It’s a very cool and creepy place, and I actually photographed a ghost there too, but not in this exposure.