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64 •••••• Busted on HWY 280 ••••
Photographers often get invited to inticing fashion events. Mainly because the event sponsor knows that a photographer would bring attractive, undiscovered models with...
A Famous Photographer Needs My Help ••••
Back in the ’80s, there was a famous commercial photographer whose name was familiar to virtually everyone in the industry: Jay Maisel. Jay Maisel...
MY FIRST SHOOT WITH STEVE JOBS:
I was fortunate enough to meet Steve Jobs twice.I also had the privilege of photographing his successor, Jean-Louis Gassée. The first time I met...
21 •••••• Please, I have to meet ROBIN WILLIAMS 1 • ••••••
She was begging me. So I gave in. I was lucky enough to meet Robin Williams more than once in the studio. He was...
63 •••••• What the hell am I doing? I’m a Photographer, not a ……
It was about ten o’clock on a Saturday morning in late 1999. I was still a young man, and I stood on a sidewalk...
MY FIRST PRISON VISIT
“What do you think we are—animals?!” The inmate was screaming at me, veins bulging, eyes fierce. Around us, prisoners started swarming like bees to...
61 •••••• Flying Trapeze ••••
There used to be a school in San Francisco dedicated to teaching the flying trapeze. Back when I was healthy, I thought it would...
10 • I See a Spider
It was mid-April. The mornings were still brisk, but the afternoons could become surprisingly hot. Since my first studio had no air conditioning, I...
Belltramos – How I got a lot of wine
In the early years of my career, and at several points along the way, I negotiated some remarkably rewarding trade arrangements with clients. One...
It All Started with a Lie
When I was but a young lad, I explored nearly every type of art that existed. Water colors, oil paints, sculpting, poetry, music, performance. ...
