[Portfolio] Old Stuff

[Gary]

Fantastic story and fantastic images!

Thank you Eric.

[Gary]

Excellent images!
Considered making a book with these?

Thank you Ole Gammelsaeter. No, no book. Most of these are mainly leftovers and misprints. I think that most photojournalists, who worked for a major market newspaper/wire service, would have similar stuff ... so what you are seeing isn't exceptional/book worthy in my opinion. If I tried real real hard, I possibly could get into the morgues of the Times, OC News and UPI to get my hands on my good stuff, stuff that was published. While I shot these images, the negs belong to the company that paid my weekly salary. So I say a book isn't in my future because:

1) I don't own the negs;
2) This isn't my best stuff, and
3) I'm terribly lazy.

I do have a book I wrote cover my Vietnam experience ... I may publish that.

G

[Gary]

#46


Punk Movie Director
Hollywood, California

Nikon F2 w/ Nikkor 85mm, Tri-X

[Jakov Minić]

Gary, you may have shot the director in Hollywood, California, but it screams New York to me

[armando_m]

#46 ... The attitude !

[Gary]

Gary, you may have shot the director in Hollywood, California, but it screams New York to me

It was one of those few rainy days in LA. Her office was in an older, art-deco type building in Hollywood. This was a feature story on a director who was into the 'punk' scene and also directed 'punk' style movies. She was a very nice lady, but she wanted to reflect her 'punk' persona in the newspaper. (This was the LA Times which was read by all the movie industry power brokers in town.) So the typical sitting behind the desk, phone up to an ear and the other hand scribbling on a pad of paper was out ... the lighting sucked in the office, but the overcast day really softened and diffused the the light in these wonderful window ledge/bay. So I stuffed her in the window, she put on her punk face and everything sorta came together.

[Gary]

#46 ... The attitude !

LOL.  An odd story regarding this photo. A few years ago, I befriended a guy from another photo forum who lived in San Diego. He was traveling up to Los Angeles and I invited him over. He was an older guy like me, but was new to photography.  As we chatted, I asked him if he's ever seen the 'real McCoy' a bonafide, hand crafted B&W photographs. He said no and that he would love to see the 'real' thing up-close. So I dug out this box I found in the garage. We're going through the box and came upon the above photo and David asks, "Is that Penelope Spheeris?". I look at him with wonderment written across my face and I said yes it was, the punk movie director. David starts laughing and says that he used to date her sister in high school, down in Westminster (a little town in Orange County), and that he was madly in love with Penelope since high school.  Small world...   

[Jakov Minić]

Lovely story yet again, Gary.
Yes, the world can be so tiny sometimes...

[Frank Fremerey]

I feel photographers should always retain the copyright of their work.

The one paying the weekly wages should get lifetime rights of usage but the Negatives and
probably the right to publish without the photographers name? No. I do not think this is fair AND
in Germany it would even be unlawful.

[Frank Fremerey]

Great pictures.
The Sandinistas? Iconic.
The Bodybuilder? Kinky & imaginative.
The Boxer? Intense.
Penelope? I felt she was a boy. Lick my P* attitute.
The pelican seems a bit overcoocked for my taste.

[John Geerts]

Nice punky portrait    Was she not the main director mentioned in that feature story?

[Gary]

Nice punky portrait    Was she not the main director mentioned in that feature story?

Yes, the newspaper story was about Penelope Spheeris, this up and coming director who not only directed punk movies but was also a punk herself.

[Gary]

#47


Death of a Storekeeper
Anaheim, California

Nikon F2 w/ Nikkor 28mm, Tri-X

A robbery gone bad and the robber killed the shop owner. Apparently, the owner was a very nice guy and help the neighborhood people with small loans, free food, et cetera. Upon his death, the neighborhood came out to give their final regards.

[Gary]

#48


The Artist- I wanted to show him in a different light than a normal newspaper portrait. The shot was taken in his studio using his lights with one of his pieces in the background. This is what I ended up with.

Nikon F2 w/ Nikkor 28mm, Tri-X

[Gary]

#49


Selfie
Chino, California

Nikon FTn w/ Nikkor 50mm, Tri-X