Having my work
published is not something that I have actively pursued. However,
I have, on a few occasions, been in the right place at the right time.
Most recently I had one of my shots published in Nightclub
& Bar magazine. Jenny Adams, staff writer from the magazine,
saw my "Jean Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop" shot on my
design website, and asked me if she could use it for an article she
was writing on bars that have stood the test of time. Of course, I
said yes, absolutely!
On
July 4th 2006 the debut CD from ESPN analyst / sportswriter Peter
Gammons "Never Slow Down, Never Grow Old." was unleashed
on an unsuspecting public. Gammons trades in his typewriter for a
Stratocaster and delivers a rousing set of vintage classics, originals,
and rock obscurities. Proceeds of the record will be donated to the
Foundation
To Be Named Later, the charity formed by Red Sox General Manager
Theo Epstein and his twin brother, Paul. The musical lineup includes
keyboardist Phil Aiken, Buffalo Tom's Bill Janovitz, and Mike Gent,
Ed Valauskas and Pete Caldes of The Gentlemen. They're backed by pinch-hitters
George Thorogood on Chuck Berry's "Promised Land", Juliana
Hatfield on "Cinderella Superstar," and Kay Hanley on three
songs, including "She Fell From Heaven" which was written
entirely by Gammons. The CD contains my photograph of Phil Aiken from
the 2005 Hot
Stove Cool Music. Thanks to The Boston Pheonix for making
an mp3 of "She
Fell From Heaven" available for download. Just right
click on the song title and save target as.
The
Gravel Pit, a local Boston band, was the first to use my work.
One of my shots can be found in their "No One Gets
In Here For Free" CD. The shot of Ed Valauskas,
their
bass
player, is mine. The Gravel Pit also used a shot I took of
them at The GPSCY, a nightclub in New Haven, CT, as there promo
shot when the CD was released. That promo shot also appeared in many
newspapers and magazines including "The
Boston Phoenix" and "The
Noise".
The
next band to use my work, Toyboat,
was made up of three former members of O Positive. All but
one of the pictures on the inside of the CD were shots that I took
at two O positive reunion shows that took place in 1998. The
first show was TT
The Bears 25th anniversary concert. And a few months later
at Mama Kin, Aerosmith's former club in Boston. When the Toyboat
CD was released I was pleasantly surprised to find out they had used
some of my shots from those shows.
In
2004, The "Hot
Stove Cool Music" CD was released with a picture of Kay
Hanley which I took at the 2002 "Hot Stove Cool Music"
show. The "Hot Stove Cool Music" concerts are charity
fundraisers put together by sports writers Jeff Horrigan of the Boston
Herald & Peter Gammons of ESPN. I have had the pleasure of shooting
the last three "Hot Stove Cool Music" events. You
can see my work on the official "Hot
Stove Cool Music" website.
In
the fall of 1997, with the help of Sue Carlin and Tom Tipton of the
"Out Of The Blue Gallery", I had my first ever public
showing of my pictures. I had a very good response and sold many prints.
The pictures hung at
"TT
The Bears" in Cambridge, MA until 1999. Then, in 2000, I had
another show at "The Middle East" club also in Cambridge,
MA, and again with the help of the "Out Of The Blue Gallery".
I am currently planning my next show, which will hopefully happen
sometime in 2005 or 2006.
You can also see
many of my pictures on websites all across the Internet, some of them
credited some not. Most people have been kind enough to ask me if
they can use some of my photographs on their sites. All I ask for
in return is a photo credit, and a link to my website would be nice.