In 2003 We took a trip to Philadelphia and while there I spent a day photographing  Eastern State Penitentiary. It was a prison built by the Quakers that in it’s time was well outside the city limits and quite advanced in its construction. Opened in 1829, it was the first prison in the United States […]

I love frustrating people sometimes… In this day and age of social media, tracking aps, data tracking, phishing emails and text messages, search engine tracking, targeted advertising, mailing list sales, location tracking and not to mention cameras absolutely everywhere, I do my best to stay off everyone’s radar. I have to tell you it’s not […]

Gene Rodenberry C/O Heaven or eternity And somewhere in orbit   Dear Gene, I hope this letter finds you well , wherever your soul has chosen to rest. Whatever ethereal plane you are on I hope you are enjoying the future you so eagerly thought of and sought for all of us. Alas, only small […]

Everyone thinks that celebrities are really intelligent people. Maybe some are. However the way I see them, they are not any smarter than you or me. Most celebrities are/were normal people who were in the right place at the right time to be discovered. Marilyn Monroe was a pretty normal farm girl until someone saw […]