more black landlord pics

black landlord

doin' some pics for Black Landlord... 

I was asked to be in them, so I did one, here goes...

wallpaper..con't interiors

beginning interiors

The start of picture taking at my Grandfather's home inevitably led me to take some photo's at my friend Cooper's house.

I began thinking about the expansion of a project. Finding a certain kind of image that is not limited to one particular place or event, but  the kind that can be found just because you become adept to seeing it.

I also realized doing this in people's homes will get me into their homes. Not in a creepy invasive way but, I have a tendency to have company at my home but not be company. So this will help me to get over that hump as well.

Plus, I love interesting, eclectic, eccentric home design. 

more to come...

new fish eye lens

tryin' to work it out at my neices' 3rd birthday party.

rodeo cowboy

this is jimmy pataway, rodeo cowboy.

by far, one of the most interesting characters i have met in philadelphia. 

I met him at a bar i worked in the late 90's. we had saloon doors where he would "bust in" several times until someone noticed his entrance. he would also demonstrate his calf roping expertise on a barstool if we introduced him properly. (ie  ....next we have jimmy pataway, calf roper number 129...etc) an amazing sight to see!

he is a retired calf roper from cowtown rodeo. you can often see him around town sporting his old numbers & chaps. If not he's always geared up in something interesting. my favorite choice for him are his silver platform boots.

i recently ran into him at the ing coffee shop on my way to work, where he bought me a coffee and i gratefully accepted.

finally

Goals before the new year:

finish edits

post some work stuff

organize photo files

....actually getting there....

here are some more of D'arcy DeVille

grandpop's

My grandfather is 93 years old. He lives on his own. he is an amazing man.

Last month he fell and fractured his spine. He's already up and running again. amazing.

while he was in rehab and in the hospital i was there everyday. when he returned home, i was there everyday until he told me not to be.

i started to see these things in his home, things that i saw everyday                                                                                                               when i grew up there and the new    things he's acquired since my grandmom has passed. 

i realized a couple things; i remember these things differently, even after seeing them the same day. and that these things will not be there forever.

my grandpop is my strongest artistic influence.  and now i want to try to start to capture the art that is in his home. the art that IS his home.

here are some of my first test shots.

locust bar

some snapshot portraits I've been collecting of my customers...

come get yours taken.

mon & fri nights at 235 south 10th st.

cheap and weird always

Mi Lah

These are some images I took for the new vegetarian restaurant Mi Lah, located at 218 south 16th St., Philadelphia.

Most of the food is vegan with a couple vegetarian options and it is truly amazing! The have great hours

with lunch and dinner menus. 

Check it out! 

Lil' Steph

Some recent images of burlesque dancer Lil' Steph.