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From the Series, My Father's Music My late Father was a gifted athlete & musician born in 1914 to Polish immigrants. He was raised on a farm in Glastonbury, CT. He picked up a used tenor sax and taught himself to play and then entered the Julis Hart School of Music in Hartford. With his best friend, he went to New York to watch him audition for Tommy Dorsey's band in the late 1930s. Dad didn't even bring his sax. Dorsey was walking his friend out of the audition when he heard these jazz riffs coming from the hall. Dorsey stopped and just was mesmerized. He didn't move, according Dad's friend. He said, 'Who's that guy and why didn't he audition for me?' He offered Dad a job on the spot. Dad took it, but he only lasted a few weeks. The farm boy was scared of the big time and the lifestyle. He later admitted to me that after performances in Manhattan, however, he'd go up to Harlem and jam with the likes of Coleman Hawkins until sunrise. He gave it all up however and spent the rest of his life working at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford, CT. Much later he admitted to me that his greatest regret in life was giving up his music. Oh, he played with a little combo on weekends in a dive called the Brown Derby in Windsor Locks, CT. It gave him some joy, but he never ever forgot his brush with true joy. I still own his original all brass Conn Tenor Sax. And these images are my tribute to him and his music.
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First off I wouldn't have evolved this far as an artist without the deep friendship of two very special shooters...Chipp Jamison and Keith Williamson. And I wouldn't have understood anything about technique and 'seeing' without my longtime mentor and friend, Phil Zimmerman. It was suggested that I talk about what motivates me to That's always been difficult for me. I've always held to DH Lawrence's warning of 'Never Trust the Teller; Trust the Tale'. So here goes..When my camera and lens come up to my eye everything changes in me. My eye, brain, heart body and soul align. I become a part of. And it's a magical and glorious feeling...a physical rush as well as a spiritual one. My nose is crushed against my face; I realize I'm not breathing. All of me is concentrated on what I see through the viewfinder and flowing to that image. I see it; I feel it; my pulse is racing; I rapidly bracket (an old habit from my analog days) because I want the moment to last; and I know exactly what it's going to look like when I download it to Photoshop. I have this same experience whether the subject is rust on old cars, the Dunes, People, news events, my Mannequin, Landscapes, Water, or Flowers. And the best aspect of photography for me is that I get to experience all the joy of that one image over and over. There are a lot of images here and I keep posting more. I'm prolific. I'm a shooter and an artist. It's who I am. The images are as real and honest as I am. Enjoy!
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