random ends

i have been shooting a documentary about poker players for the past month and it has been consuming most of my free time. the main even has just started and things have slowed down and i decided to post a few pictures i've managed to grab in my spare moments.

Columbus, OH

Her With Hidden Footing
&
He With His Head in the Clouds


the clintonville water towers

while listening to wolf parade



Shine A Light

I keep my head uptight
I make my plans at night
And I don't sleep I don't sleep I don't sleep 'til it's light
Something's flowing, someone buried alive
There is an awful sound
This haunted town
And it will not it will not it will not just be quiet
Some ghosts sing. Someone get called to the life

Spend boring hours in the office tower
In a bus on a bus back home to you and
That's fine I'm barely alive
It's just a matter of time
No one gets out alive
And I'm content I'm content I'm content to be quiet
It's only six. Someone get called to the life

You know our hearts beat time out very slowly
You know our hearts beat time
They're waiting for something that'll never arrive

I keep my head on tight
I make my plans at night
And I don't sleep I don't sleep I don't sleep 'til it's light
Pulse flowing, someone buried alive
And if that head opens we built a life of work
Where we're chain chain chain chain, chained to the life
But that's fine, our blood is alive

You know our hearts beat time out very slowly
You know our hearts beat time
They're waiting for something that'll never arrive

The Canary

40th Street and Sixth Avenue

New York City, New York

Summer 2006

Columbus, OH

Character Sketch



while listening to my morning jacket in the front yard


Phone Went West

Is there a doctor in the house tonite?
If there's a wrong, he could make it right.
Is there still a lock on your front door?
Is there still a lock on your back door?
Tell me I'm wrong, tell me I'm right.
Tell me there's nobody else in the world.
Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me I'm right.
Tell me there's nobody else in the world.
There will be a knock on your back door.

Broadway

Boradway between 41st and 42nd Streets

New York City, New York

Summer 2006

The "D" Train

40th Street Station

New York City, New York

Summer 2006

Columbus, OH

Self-portrait taken today at sunrise outside my apartment.

the_film_geek returns

New York Public Library

5th Avenue and 41st Street

New York City, New York

Summer 2006

Anacortes, WA

Columbus, OH

Lebanon We Cry For You


Today, down around the OSU campus, some folks held a silent vigil for the innocent Lebanese people who are currently being slaughtered by Israeli forces.

neon boneyard

"The Neon Museum's mission is to collect, preserve, study and exhibit neon signs and associated artifacts to inspire educational and cultural enrichment for diverse members of our international community." - http://www.neonmuseum.org/index.html

visited the new and improved "neon boneyard" today. it's hard to describe how aweful and direct the heat was. wonderful place though. part of the gentrification of downtown las vegas.

"Capital Hill" Seattle, WA

Anacortes, WA

vegas in the summer

i know it's hot all over. but yesterday in las vegas it was 117 degrees. it makes for awesome storms. the building does not stop. the people do not stop coming.

Columbus, OH

My Country, 'Tis of Thee

Snapped on High Street in the section of town called The Short North.

Sticker says:
Your conversation is being monitored by the U.S. government courtesy of the US Patriot Act of 2001. Sec. 216 of which permits all phone calls to be recorded without a warrant or notification.

CrimethInc:
http://www.crimethinc.com/

Anacortes, WA

commercial work

i was lucky enough to shoot a tv commercial yesterday for the nevada cancer institue staring the boxer oscar de la hoya. here was my set, you can't see the boxing ring behind me. ironically, the only still photo i took of oscar, framing he and my director, turned out to be out of focus.

"Capital Hill" Seattle, WA

"Capital Hill" Seattle, WA

amp - driving by the strip #3

i almost never go into a casino on my own volition anymore. neat structures though.

Columbus, OH

Saturday, more than 2,500 members of ACORN, (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), the nation's largest grassroots community group, rolled into Columbus via tour buses (some from as far away as Los Angeles) to kick off their 2006 National Convention.

Speakers included Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney.

I took these shots yesterday, downtown, on the lawn of some state building, as the convention was coming to a close and the announcer was directing the participants to their respective buses to return home.

"SODO" Seattle, WA

amp - driving by the strip #2

"Capital Hill" Seattle, WA

Jack is leading the revolution!

"Feeding Time"

New York Aquarium

Brooklyn, New York

Spring 2005

Columbus, OH

Pool at Sunrise

There is no sky in my backyard today.

amp - driving by the strip

"Downtown Skyline" Seattle, WA

Taken from the roof of my office buliding.

Number Four

Coney Island Boardwalk & Parachute Jump Tower

Brooklyn, New York

Spring 2001

amp - first friday

the vegas art scene is trying to coordinate. on the first friday of every month all the bars and galleries downtown hold an open showing of new music, artists and tastes. it has grown quite large over the past year and now attracts upwards of several thousand people. these pictures were taken at the “beauty bar” on fremont street, in an area unaffectionately nicknamed, “crack alley”.

"International District" Seattle, WA

Columbus, OH

Ghosts

Found in a construction yard off Olentangy River Road,
just northwest of the OSU campus.

Number Three

Broadway & Fifth

New York City, New York

Summer 2003

amp - not work, work

went to mt charleston to get some model shots with a girl i've been working with recently. thought I’d share a couple of the "b-sides" and explore a genuine topography less then 45 minutes away from bustling las vegas boulevard