in the guardian weekend magazine! part II

frank calabrese Jr's portraits commissioned by the Guardian Weekend Magazine

Frank Calabrese Jr photographed for the Guardian by yours truly in his home in Phoenix, one hot October afternoon. nice guy.

…in the guardian weekend magazine! part 1

Jeff Williams, father of Andy Williams

  WE MADE THE COVERRRRR!!                   Jeff Williams, father of Andy Williams, at his home in Phoenix …

“meiseki na yume” at the Arizona Biennial 2011

sacred deer, nara

whew!!! we haven’t shown up in a looong while, haven’t we? we have been in the middle of the craziest move and remodel of our …

our donation to life support japan

meiseki na yume [lucid dream], imperial koi, ise, japan

through wall space gallery a great little gallery in seattle and now, santa barbara. effort proceeds go to two great organizations: Direct Relief International http://www.directrelief.org …

gorgeous old tucson

20's fashions, vintage, art deco, tucson courthouse

here we are in tucson, our beloved, scorched, dry, patch of desert. and even while surrounded by loony politicians and gun-toting lunatics of all kinds, …

happy new year! buon anno! [what's "happy new year" in norwegian?]

the pudgy bird follows us to dublin

well we are back in arizona and we are still frosty!

wishing all a happy new year, better than last, better than the one before, better than that one, better than what? is there really any such thing as a "better year"? hmm... guess life's what you make it, huh? buon anno anyway!

arrivederci kaptein!

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well, the time has come for us to leave these lovely shores where we spent many days sleeping and some photographing... many great people we have met here, wondeful things we have found and collected for a future exhbition here... so we will come BACK! ciao Halsnøy...

norwegian bits

icy pond

things that we've been looking at... can't keep up with the daily diary thing. life is too eventful!

coastal explorations

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meet “captain” niels

Mr Niels Juhl

meet "captain" niels, our kind maitre...

second day… are we awake yet?

original window glass

how did the old glass make it through the years of cold, wind, and ice?

our first “day”

coffee outside with the dying sun

the next day, we woke up at 3:00pm!!!