TRAVELS WITH CHARLIE

LEAPING POODLE

I was a poodle in another lifetime. I have lived with Poodles my entire life. I have curly hair, a particular temperment and a odd sense of humor, just like a Poodle. When I am on the street, Poodles come up to talk to me. My poodles have fiercly protected me and my belongings on location shoots, yet have been lovely emissaries keeping people entertained during studio sessions. They need and want responsibility. This beautiful athlete is Mad About Madeline.

MONK IN NEBRASKA

LIFE MAGAZINE

AMERICAN DREAMERS was an assignment from LIFE Magazine. Father Stevens, a Catholic Monk dreamed of building a remote monastery of contemplation and silence. He found the right location in the middle of a Nebraska corn field and built the Tintern Monastery, in honor of the Tintern Abbey, founded in the 12th century. His dream was to house and care for monks in residence that would study and learn scripture in silence. He would be the only one to speak with the outside world. He was a small man, like a wise Elf delighted with his mission of learning, a lover of photography and the community that believed in his dream. It was a piece of heaven there. Even crawling over the corn stalks to set up the photograph was a soft, inviting experience. He attained that dream, for how long, I do not know. But for however long it lasted, it had an effect beyond eternity for those who witnessed the magic of its birth.

DAVID

I was mesmerized. I could have stood in the presence of Michelangelo's David for days or maybe weeks or months. I couldn't take my eyes off of what this man hath created. The room was filled with people filled with the same awe that I had. But somehow, with a camera, I had my own private moment where no one was there but David and a stranger reaching for the sky, and me, reaching for the truth.

BEDOUIN FAMILY, JORDAN

I have been fortunate to spend a good amount of time in the Middle East, primarily Israel and Jordan. It is a complex land with the first world and the third world in constant competition. I made this photograph quickly. Only later, while editing the images, I realized just how many people where riding on these two donkeys. F8 and Be There.

THE DEAD SEA

Camels are curious creatures. They are proud and stubborn but just might work harder than any other species on the planet. They carry people and their stuff across long stretchs of the desert and can go for days without water. They are a tourist attraction at nearly every tourist attraction. They are the Middle East. They are the sand and the wind and the color and the argument and the love. If humans could only set an example for them, perhaps they could be the peace.

OLD JEWISH CEMETERY, PRAGUE

PER LECHAISE CEMETERY, PARIS

ARCH OF TRIUMPH, PARIS

THE STREETS OF PRAGUE

INTERSTATE 80 USA

ITALY

COVID 19

The Santa Monica Beach was a haven during the Pandemic. No masks, plenty of room to stay away from others and glorious sunsets.

It was the best of times and the worst of times. But in the history of the world, and because of miracle drugs, it was Pandemic Light.

RED HEADED BOY IN PARIS

AMERICA IN THE TIME OF TRUMP

BEACH UMBRELLA

BROTHERS