james nachtwey

this man is amazing....listen.




(on a side note, i find him incredibly sexy. i got to meet him once and he hit on my mom. damn.)

art party...

bbq charcoal is a great medium.

beatrix:

mark icon:

beginning of marks friend wall:
weslåy add a sombrero
granpa osgood
freestyle wall:and done.

i found jesus

getting ready for the show....

come to this!!

the other night meg and i went to see basia bulat at dc9. we love her but we are old and tire easily. it was a good time to test my camera in low light with no flash - a little grainy, but i still love it.

the dork
my legs

really bad martini (really bad)

basia

a couple months ago i had a minor procedure. it was scary so i made it into a documentary project. since i'll probably never show the images anywhere else, here's a little story of the day.....

getting up and getting ready

arriving at the hospital

waiting.

prep

self portrait, before passing out

afterwards they treat you to lunch

then they make you try to stand on your own

once you do that, you can go home!

wow

we have been working on this magazine for a while.....here's some good news:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080911/pl_usnw/usa_today_announces_reader_survey_results_for_open_air_magazine

and a nice little note - "They gave high marks to Open Air for great photography", some of that photography is mine. awesome.

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this is my papa claxton....

this is betsy. its betsy's birthday. happy birthday betsy!!