Damon & Naomi

It's been twenty-five years since Julie Atomic (working at the record store Wax Trax in Boulder, Colorado) introduced me to the music moonscapes of Galaxie 500. I was instantly hooked. While working on a creative writing major at the university the band's post modern lyrics and sounds felt close to divine intervention. After the band broke up I followed their sonic pathways as they continued on as The Magic Hour and Damon & Naomi. I guess good things do come to those who wait. 

Jon Sarkin

Now that October has passed and winding through Salem is done with ease I can take my favorite road to Gloucester and visit the alchemist that is Jon Sarkin. In the short time that has passed since my last visit to his studio I was once again inspired by not only the amount of new work he's created but how many new paths he's explored. I've added more images to his gallery in my portfolio section and I'm already counting the days to our next time.

Peter Hook & the Light

Joy Division. New Order. Peter Hook. This is an impossible blog piece to write. If you get the chance to see him play these sonic narratives overlapping decades of music history: go. 

Abracadabra! (New Explorations)

Today after voting and before I cover an election in Malden for the newspaper I had the luxury of returning to my work (at the Larcom Theatre) with the exceptional characters of Le Grand David and to see where the lives are heading since their historic run at the Cabot Theatre. 

A Dream Sequence (A Series of Dreams)

"I was thinking of a series of dreams" Bob Dylan . . . 

Bob Cronk

The very talented artist, Bob Cronk

Salem Willows

Tomorrow is Halloween and Salem, MA is quite the spectacle in celebration of another face of this unique city is a project that I've slowly (very slowly) started: Salem Willows. 

Tiny House giant journey

I had the pleasure of spending some time with these amazing people and take a peek into their chosen odyssey. Head over to their incredible website to learn about what they are doing: http://tinyhousegiantjourney.com. Hoping to spend some more time with Guillame, Jenna, and their wonder dog Salies before they hit the road . . . 

Abracadabra!

Currently revisiting the work I did with Le Grand David and the members of the show at the Cabot Theatre in Beverly, MA. More to follow as I build a gallery on my portfolio section and as I continue on a new path/new work with members of the show that ran for a world setting 35 years.

Nico in the North End

one of my favorite brick walls of all time; why? an optical illusion 

Working on rooftops

Somerville Boxing Club

I was lucky this past week to find time to return to the Somerville Boxing Club and visit with the boxers and the trainers. I've added more photos to the portfolio and here are a couple for the blog. 

Time Spent . . .

with my kids (their friends and random kids) on a day after school in early October. Back home my son once again poses so I can test a fifty year old lens and eventually my daughter agrees to pose for me too. 

Morning light in Swampscott

New 55: reinventing a legendary film

A couple of months before they successfully funded a Kickstarter campaign to reinvent one of the most ingenious Polaroid films ever devised by Edwin Land and his team: Polaroid Type 55.  I had the wonderful opportunity to take portraits and hang out with these amazing individuals. 

Here are the faces behind this new venture: 

Artist Patrick McCay, New Hamphire

While working on an assignment for Design New England I was able to spend a fair amount of time working with the artist Patrick McCay up in his beautiful studio in New Hampshire. Here are some of the portraits that are not in the published article. 

Raul

Raul Rodriguez 

Chicen Itza

I visited Chichen Itza with my brother-in-law while on a family vacation. Pretty difficult to translate something as mythic making as Chichen Itza is. Imagination can run rampant especially when it comes to details such as the Great Ball Court; equally as fascinating to myself is the Mayan people who work inside and outside Chichen Itza for of course they are the present . . . 

Portrait

A rather talented young artist by the name of Eric Cronk made this pen drawing of me from a photo my son took. 

Visiting Family

Traveling to visit family allows me to step out of routine and explore people I have either known my entire life or have met for the first time. Other moments are excavated by breaking away from the group and meeting strangers while walking on the boardwalk of the Jersey Shore.