Exciting New Works in March - if you like this kind of thing...
Mostly in February I worked on the jazz photos (see below), but I also was treated to an abandoned car repair business in Sacramento where I shot ... rust. Here is a preview of three. The whole collection will be shown later in the year in my Rust Scapes show at the Bay View Boat Club.
And still the Jazz!
If you are interested in seeing my jazz photographs, the result of my 12 hour stint photographing the 11 bands at the 7 Mile House's 1st annual jazz festival can be seen online at 7milehouse.com/jazzfest.
Scroll down a bit for the visuals. The 'Jazz Wall of Fame' consists of 30 photographs of musicians and bands that I printed and framed and are now 'permanently' on the wall at the 7 Mile House (2800 Bayshore Blvd, Brisbane - live music every night).
The books of course ....
 The two volumes of Bay Area Jazz and Bluesicians, with a total of 251 local musicians photographed while performing are available on amazon.com (fastest way to get them) or online at www.bayareajazzandbluesicians.com probably a bit cheaper and takes 7 - 10 days to receive them. You can preview some of the pages on either site. If you prefer hand to hand consumerism, they can be purchased at Glen Park's Bird & Beckett Books & Records who just got a new supply, at Noise a really cool record store on Balboa St, San Francisco and The Jazz Conservatory bookstore in Berkeley.
 And never out of date, Street Seens can still be had from blurb.com. It's full of street photography from my jaunts here and there in the world, and it's available in both paper and hard cover versions.
You can preview the whole book HERE. It's only available online - purchase details on the preview page.
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The story of this piece is simple. I shot a selfie of my reflection on a huge piece of mylar hanging in a gallery and thought it was an 'interesting' abstract. But after I printed it, I realized that upside down it took on a whole new life! I saw wonderful creatures - some of which came and went! Do you see the long necked woman? The goat? The little gnome? What else? I immediately thought of 'Crazy Carousel' (from Jacques Brel is Alive and Living in Paris - English version from 1968) and entitled it accordingly. Now of course I can't get the song out of my head.... Here's my favorite 
