William Gary, IN

A few minutes after I photographed Mr. Jackson walking down a sidewalk to ran into William, I think that's what his name was. Anyway he was this huge guy that seemed to take up the whole sidewalk, there was no way around him. He seemed kinda suspicious to what I was doing, but after chatting with him for awhile and a few fist bumps later he let me make his photograph. A really nice guy and this photograph is how I remember him he was looking down at me because he was so tall.....

On an Island

This is the photograph and lead me to photographing Mr. Jackson. I will never forget him saying to me that, "Artists don't photograph garbage cans" It always really interesting to me what I see compared to what someone else sees in a scene. Everyone just has different sensibilities based on there surroundings and experiences.....

J. Jackson Part 2

Here is the second photograph I took of mister Jackson. It certainly has a more intimate feel since I was able to get closer with the Hasselblad which had a lens that was more for portraits. I like both as each has there own qualities that makes them interesting...I will be sending Mr. Jackson prints of these 2 images and hopefully when I go back to Gary I might stop by....

J. Jackson

I rarely do many portraits, even more rare that I do a portrait of a stranger. I was on my way back home from a work assignment in Valparaiso, IN, I decided to stop in Gary, IN because I'd always heard cool things about the place, I mean it is the home of the King of Pop....So I got out and walked around one of the main streets making some images. Long story short, I was out by a side of a building making some images when a guy started yelling at me, I turned around and no one was there. Then I looked up and there was this guy on a phone, asking me why I was making a photograph of a dumpster? Well, the photograph that I made wasn't about the dumpster it had more to do with the color....So I get into a conversation with this guy which eventually leeds me to making a few portraits of him.....It might not be my best portrait, but it one that I really had to talk my way into and I'm most proud of being able just to be able to make the image.

Landscapes

One my way home from a friends house one night as I drove past this truck and I knew I had to turn around and make an image. The whole idea of and landscape truck in a cityscape was appealing to me. It was pretty dark out. So I pull my car in back of this truck, and I knew I needed more light so I turned my headlights back on to illuminate the back of the truck, which worked out perfectly. Landscape + Cityscape = a cool image I think....