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Contributor to Photoshot

Courtney Love of Hole at Stubbs

Wired Photo Nightmare And The Cat with Gary Baseman at SXSW

Mishka at GRAMMY Museum with

Chad Mountain and Bob Santelli

Intersection of Jazz and Hip Hop with Fishbone and Miles Davis Estate

As a child I remember the photos my Father had from the time he was stationed in Berlin. The photographs he brought back fired my imagination that drove my young mind into a deep fascination for photographic Art. My Father had a keen observant eye that he shared with me in his painting and photographs. They have barring on my own eye and creativity regarding photographs. Those Berlin photographs are indelibly imprinted on my mind. In that way image can communicate all of life: both the bleak and the grand. My photographic work didn’t start in earnest till after I’d entered Long Beach State. My classes in photography proved beneficial to my natural eye for detail and composition. It wasn’t long till I landed in the thick of things in LA’s vibrant Music and Club underground. Photographing the like of Helmut Newton, Timothy Leary, Anthony Keidis, Perry Farrell, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills and George Michaels. I was part of LA’s glitterati documenting Underground Clubs like: Plastic Passion, Cat House, Dirt Box, Shake Shack, Lunch and their owners. I captured the buzziest breaking musical artist. My coverage industry providing commentary and insight through my photography. Many of my photos made it on the inside of the LA Weekly during the 80’s and 90’s. In resent years my photos have been published by the AP, Starpulse, Exposay, Monsters & Critics, NBC, LA Weekly, Glue, Loudvine.com, NMW Online, Mi2N and Wired. My art continues to expand to new boundaries and continues to capture and influence Pop Culture with ever growing popularity. From here on out I’m going to let my photographs do the talking! Event_Portfolio/Event_Portfolio.html

AP Photo of Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros

Intersection of Jazz and Hip with Erin and Vince of Miles Davis Estate

Allison Baver and Fishbone

 

Contributor to PR Photos

Vanity Fair of Sumner Redstone at the Pritzker Residence

Contributor to The Photo Access/ Corbis