Mudpie

This is Muddy, well,,,, actually his name is Mudpie. I loved this old fella so much & he passed away earlier this year of natural old age while under me & mikes care. We spoiled him so much & I've really been missing him lately but i'm just happy i got to spend time with him. he was pretty much the nicest dog in the world aside from my vinny. He even has the same beauty mark on his cheek as me.

Mudpie is buried on vashon island in my friend Kim's yard with his ugly doll, and there is a beautiful lilac tree planted above where he lies... his family was Toby & his 2 boys, and me and Mike too.... xoxo Muddy.





Here he is with Subpop recording artist Sara Cahone , i took her promo photos & muddy came along with us... such a lovey guy.

And in the snow telling me that it is time to go play,,, 2007

Ocean Shores, Washington: Tiny Vipers fotoshoot

Tiny Vipers is a beautiful band on SubPop label here in Seattle, and is actually one person, Jesy Fortino. I photographed for her last album and we work so great together,,,, she's from the northwest like me, and we both have a great respect for the beauty of washington state --and also we seem to love the unexplainable spooky part of it that even david lynch draws upon.

Her newest album with SubPop is "Life on Earth" it's coming out next month, i heard it already and it's beautiful.











We took these photos last month [April] in Ocean Shores, Washington. Jesy, her boyfriend Chris (thanks Chris for all your help), & me drove directly onto the beach -for about a mile in crazy wind & hard rain hoping to make a bonfire. i was prepared to take the photos sitting in the car with Jesy in the rain with a shitty bonfire when all of a sudden the rain stopped & we all three made a killer bonfire. These were also natural light and the ones with all the sparks Chris made with a shovel and they were like 4 second exposures. I used my Rollieflex and Leica with i think Kodak Portra 800 color film.

Also, we had to reshoot for some promo fotos and i took these here in the old west seattle christian school where they rent out to artists now. i love how jesy sometime looks like patti smith when she was a youngin'.




Her first album "Hands across the Void" on SupPop we photographed in North Bend Washington, this was in 2007, we borrowed a red lantern from a thrift shop & the one dress she owns,,, and took the photos at dusk all around North Bend, WA in natural light. i got so lucky in my exposures since i was using my old rolleiflex & 320T slide film that had expired in 2005. But they turned out so beautiful & somehow even the 2 second exposures were rich. I wish they still made that film... i wish i had the other shots from this but my old hard drive bit it & i got to fix that.




This one was with my Leica and the awesome old agfa ultra 100 film, i love and miss this film.

Annie Marie Musselman, Finding Trust @ Alice Austen

nycccc with annie & josh to see her photo show opening at Alice Austen House May 16th,,, we stayed 4 nights at the chelsea hotel in a room with 3 beds, me, annie, josh, kevin, hannah, amy, & bill. i'm going to skip the part where we had a key partay...

so proud of annie, her show is so beautiful. she's a poet of a photographer, and the whole time also "the" Lucille Ball of photographers,,,, you know i love lucy.



here she is with sunshine eyes Paul who currated the show:




and this is annie and her dad, Harry, before we took off to nyc, they be west seattle like me:




and more photographs from annie's show at alice austen house:

Annamay and her dog, "Baby Girl"

Washington State, La Push. Quileute Tribe

Me, Gail & Parsnip (my roommates) took a roadtrip to La Push, Washington for Parsnips 3rd birthday.  i am familiar with La Push because I used to fish around there (Neah Bay) with my dad when i was 13.  It is a magical place.  Home of the Quileute Tribe for thousands of years.  Our cabin ($45 a day) was awesome.   It was a crazy beautiful road trip.  I saw 5 american bald eagles at one time & seals playing with birds.

and introducing,,,, "Parsnip" !: