"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life". Muhammad Ali
I'm a former US Army Photographer struggling to get by on a scant disability pension. But I am compelled to do these photographic and written works. I do what I can, work to live - live to work, and if you like my work please make a donation to help me do more. Thanks.
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Tony Sweet - fine art nature photography, workshop instructor, columnist Nikon World and Shutterbug Magazines, author of three books on the art of photography, Nikon Legend Behind the Lens Team Nik member, and jazz musician
Sean Scheidt - Baltimore based photographer and mixed media artist specializing in fashion and lifestyle portraiture
Roy Cox - fashion and advertising photographer with over 27 magazine covers, 12 editorial layouts and photos in over 200 advertisements world wide
Bernie Wrightson - illustrator known for his horror illustrations and comic books
Matt Collorafice - visual effects artist whose credits include "The Aviator", "Memoirs of a Geisha", "Smallville" and "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow"
Quinn Richardson - InterfaceMediaGroup, Senior Compositor, Smoke artist for various Discovery networks, expert in 3D animation, color correction and design work
Scott McHugh - Senior Solutions Architect at Applied Information Sciences, formerly at RDA Corporation as Consultant, Project Manager, Principal Architect and EAI Evangelist team lead working across a number of markets and industries
"Nasty" Nestor Aparicio - sports writer and radio talk show host and partner in WNST.net Baltimore Sports Radio AM 1570
Ronnie Franklin - jockey who won both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes aboard Spectacular Bid in 1979
Michael S. Kearns - first person to parachute over all seven continents
Danny Wiseman - pro bowler, won PBA Titles on ABC,NBC,CBS and ESPN
Rick Holt - park ranger, Vietnam Veteran who has war time letters on his web site
Rex Derr - Director of Washington State Recreation and Parks Agency, former mayor of Olympia, WA., Thurston County, Washington Citizen of the Year in 2000
Juliana L'Heureax - newspaper columnist, Executive Director of The Maine Association of Mental Health Services
Deborah Rudicille, Senior Science Writer at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, independent journalist, book author - including Roots of Steel Boom and Bust in an American Mill Town
Christopher Thomas Anglim - author of Encyclopedia of Religion and the Law in America plus other published works
Douglas Purviance - Grammy winning jazz trombonist, who produces, engineers and markets jazz recordings, while also being a band manager and booking agent and he scores and edits movie and TV soundtracks plus we is a jazz educator and clinician on a world wide basis
Gina Schock - drummer for the first great all female rock 'n roll band The Go Go's, currently a successful songwriter and very active drummer
Robert "Wawa" Legrand - long time guitarist for Teddy Pendergrass, has more recently played live and/or recorded with Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Chaka Khan, Ciara, Bonnie Raitt and many others, has appeared on numerous television shows with various-famous music stars, and he also teaches guitar to a few fortunate musicians
Gerda Deterer - founder and longtime Volunteer President and Executive Director of Wildlife Rescue, Inc..
Joshua Barney - Naval hero from the times of the very birth of the United States of America.
Jack Womer - member of the heroic Filthy Thirteen during World War Two
Sidney Michael Webster Jr. - KIA World War Two, here to represent all who sacrificed their lives for freedom during World War Two
Robert Alexander Markle JR. - KIA Korean War, here to represent all who sacrificed their lives for freedom during the Korean War
Edward Alan Lamb - KIA Vietnam, here to represent all who sacrificed their lives for freedom during the Vietnam War
Eastern Baltimore City and County Commercial Sites
You'll see photographs taken at the Dundalk Heritage Fair, the Village Coffee & Tea Company, Earth Day Festival 2010, Frank Zappa Day - Zappa Plays Zappa - in Highlandtown, and more.
On Sunday, September 19, 2010, in Baltimore, Maryland, at the corner of Eastern Avenue and Conkling Street, in the Highlandtown neighborhood, in front of the Southeast Anchor Branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, a sculptured bust of Frank Zappa was unveiled and dedicated. It was officially Frank Zappa Day in Baltimore, and the celebration took place on - newly named - Frank Zappa Way.
The statue is a replica of an original one that is located in Vilnius, Lithuania. It was created by artist Konstantinas Bogdanas. And was donated to Baltimore City by ZAPPART, a Lithuanian nonprofit organization - which includes Salius Paukstys, Saulius Pilikus and Arturas Baublys.
Frank Zappa was born on December 21, 1940, and passed on - to the other side - on December 4, 1993. He lived in Baltimore for his first five years.
After the dedication ceremony, Dweezil gave a free, two-hour concert of Zappa Plays Zappa - to all in attendance. And the man and his band play the music well.
Sunday, September 19, 2010 was a great day in Highlandtown. I was there, and I photographed as many others in the audience of Zappa Plays Zappa as I could. I took shots of every cool lookin' t-shirt in sight. And I got great shots of Dweezil and his band - as they Rocked and Rolled to their little ol' hearts' content; and us audience members were completely contented, in a solid Rockin' way.
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