New Mexico: A Visual and Spiritual Journey

Fabulous photo workshop with Todd Williams. Mountains, deserts, horseraces, old towns. Todd brought along 3 of his photographer friends to assist, so we were drenched with learning every minute. Exhausting and exhilarating. Our group did a 1-nite show downtown; I've never been more pleased with a photo exhibit. Tony Johnson's pieces and mine are now on display at my office, so just let me know if you'd like to see them.

Keep Austin Weird

The unofficial motto of this town, is "Keep Austin Weird". A local librarian, Red Wassenich, first uttered the phrase back in 2000, when phoning his pledge to a local radio station. I've heard it quite a bit along with sighs about the seemingly inevitable condo high-rise development downtown and incursions of big-box retail.

I took this photo at a weird RV park in South Austin. It's in a Texas Documentary Photographers' exhibit at BookPeople, the best independent bookstore ever. The griffin is from BookPeople's Harry Potter opening release party a while back, and the woman, Flip, is BookPeople's cafe manager. The show runs thru Feb 14.