1|Mirko "Soko" Djordjevic
Mirko "SOKO' Djordjevic of Yugoslavia, a sky dive instructor at Sky Dive California City, is silent before his 7,427th jump. This was my first time up with the wild divers of California City. A truly strange bunch of people whose lives revolve around a hangor at a very small municipal airport in the Mojave desert make jumps daily. This was the first jump of the day. It is amazing to watch the sun rise over the desert.
2|Fireman Matt Schneider
Fireman Matt Schneider of Downey, California at a command center in Santa Clarita, Calfiornia. Schneider had been battling fires for more than three days.
3|Jason Dulka
Navy diver in training, Jasan Dulka, plays tic-tac-toe in a training tank with a boy at the Sea Bee's Days exposition at Port Hueneme, California.
4|Big Sam
Big Sam was the owner of the Funky Butt on Rampart Street across from Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans. The club was destoyed in Hurricane Katrina, but Big Sam's musical legend lives on. Here he is playing with the band Groovesect at the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street in Uptown, New Orleans.
5|Conlan Olberding
Conlan Olberding -- Writer, Poet, friend, first college roommate.
6|Conlan Olbderding
7|Conlan Olberding
Conlan at Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City.
8|Aloha Stadium
Michigan State University's quarterback is tackled by the University of Hawaii defense at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii.
9|Boxers at Port Hueneme
Boxers at Port Hueneme Naval Base near Oxnard, California.
10|Sean Carey
Sean is one of the best musicians I have ever known. He comes from Boston but has been living in New Orleans for about a decade. I have seen the kid play everything from the guitar, keys, bass, and the harmonica (his first instrament).
11|Sean Carey
Always a joker, one of the funniest things is to see Sean when he plays at Sunday Brunch at Cafe Atchafalya. Also seeing Sean with a talkbox is quite hilarious.
12|Billy Iuso
Billy Iuso play his guitar on the steps of a Church that blew away during Katrina. I have found the guitar virtuoso to be very interesting for seveal reasons, not the least of which is his family. By night he is a guitar god, playing at New Orleans bars and clubs, but by day he is a little league football coach, carpooler, and family man. Inside the Iuso house, the living room is filled with amps, soundboards, guitars, keyboards, horns, and show flyers. I cannot wait until the Iuso's ask me to shoot there Christmas card photo so that I can shoot the family Christmas tree surrounded by all the equipment.
13|Oxnard Teenager
An Oxnard teenager stands near his classic car.
14|Bagel King of Carpinteria
When I was living in Carpinteria, California, there were only a few restaraunts in town. One of which was Jack's Bagels. I used to go to Jack's everyday for breakfast. Yes, everyday! This man, whose name is Silvano was the man that I titled the bagel king of Carpinteria. He was the best waiter there and still is.
15|Señora Olalia
Señora Olalia is my friend Fernando's grandmother. She lives in the same small village of Amuidal where she grew up. When Fernando took me to her house, she gave me roasted chestnuts and homemade liquor.
16|Galician Vendors
Galician vendors at the Santiago de Compostela public market in Galicia, Spain.
17|Girl and Father at Pumpkin Patch
A man rests a pumpkin on his daughter's head at a pumpkin patch in Ventura, California.
18|Vendors at the Old Point Bar
Vendors at the Old Point Bar in Old Algiers on the westbank of New Orleans. I belive they were selling hot dogs and hamburgers.
19|Heritage School of Music
A student at the Heritage School of Music at Luscher School in New Orleans. The Heritage School of Music is a free school that teaches New Orleans' young the skills to continue the city's musical legacy.
20|Kidd Jordan
Kidd Jordoan -- Avante Guard Saxaphone Legend. Jordan is also a teacher at the Heritage School of Music. When the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation asked me to go up to the school to take some pictures, I did not realise that Jordan was one of the teachers and would be playing. It was something I wll never forget.
21|Frenchy
Famous New Orleans painter, Frenchy. Frenchy paints in a way that I have never seen before. He paints "live". That is, he paints during the moment, similar to how I take photographs. Here, Frenchy has his easel attached to his waist and is painting people in the Krewe of Oak Midsummer Mardi Gras Parade.
22|Hurricane Katrina Survivor
A man at the one year anniversiry of Hurricane Katrina at the Supderdome in New Orleans.
23|Troy "Trombone Shorty"
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews at the Krewe of Oak Midsummer Mardi Gras parade. This was the first time I had ever scene him and did not even know who he was at the time. I began showing this photo to friends and they all said "That's a great photo of Trombone Shorty". Before I knew it, Troy's graphic designer was calling me for permission to use the photo.
24|Spy Boy
Spy Boy for the Wild Magnolias Mardi Gras Indians on Mardi Gras Morning.
25|Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
26|James Andrews
James Andrews at Chickie Wah Wah while finishing an unfinished album of the late Fred "Shep" Shepard.
27|Roger Lewis
Roger Lewis of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Chickie Wah Wah while finishing an album of the late Fred "Shep" Shepard.
28|Marc Stone
New Orleans blues guitarist Marc Stone at his home in Old Algiers, New Orleans.
29|Marc Stone
Marc Stone is a slide guitar legend. He plays internationally and is known for organizing blues "throw downs" at the Olde Point Bar in Old Algiers, New Orleans.
30|Arnold Schwarzenegger
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
31|Bob Pohl
California State Senate candidate Bob Pohl at a campaign fundraiser.
32|Youth Protestor
A youth protestor during the 2004 national election in Santa Barbara, California.
33|Young Patriots
Young patriots at a 4th of July Parade in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
34|Bill Winter
Oxnard, California mayoral candidate Bill Winter, guards his hopefull parking spot at City Hall.
35|Bill Winter
Bill Winter takes the time to meet a baby during his campaign.
36|Judd Law and Sean Penn
Judd Law and Sean Penn at the premier of "All the King's Men" at Tulane University in New Orleans.
37|Hawaiian Surfer
Haleiva, Hawaii
38|Young Surfer
Haleiva, Hawaii
39|Josh Woolf
This is a photo of when I tricked my old roommate and friend Josh Woolf into cleaning my surfboard for me.
40|Paddling Out
A surfer paddles out over waves in Ventura, California.
41|Cowboys
Cowboys at a rodeo at the Lazy E Arena near Guthrie, Oklahoma.
42|Waiting Cowboy
A cowboy waits for his go around at a rodeo at the Lazy E Arena near Guthrie, Oklahoma.
43|Tony Kekahuna
Tony Kekahuna, the Flyin' Hawaiian at the dropsite in the Mojave Desert.
44|Tony Kekahuna
Tony, a skydive instructor, watches as a jumper lands.
45|Tony Kekahuna
Tony jumps out above the Mojave Desert.
45|Tony Kekahuna
Tony points to the sky as a storm rolls over the Tehachipi Mountains marking an end to the day for all jumpers.
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