Photography Bloom

"The fates have given mankind a patient soul"

Recently I had the honor of photographing Dr. C. Brian Rose, Deputy Director of The Penn Museum, who will be featured in the next issue of The Penn Gazette for his work as Head of Post-Bronze Age excavations at Troy (since 1988). 

He was kind enough to take me into a restricted area and have a colleague bring out precious ancient jewelry for me to see and appreciate, then back in his office he showed off the maps of the excavation project at Troy. The project outline can be seen at the website Project Troia.

 

These are just a few shots from the morning.

Talking to Walls

Last week I had the pleasure of meeting the band Talking to Walls. They are a rock n' roll band from Connecticut, who licensed a photograph of mine to use on their newest CD release, We Were Not So Tall. The lead singer Brian Kelly and I started to email a bit about the cover image and decided to collaborate on a pdf lyric booklet fans could download if they bought the new CD direct.

Later Brian let me know they would be playing in Philadelphia and if I was free, it would be great to give me a copy of the CD in person. I was, as it turned out, so off I went to The Fire on Girard Ave. to meet the band.

All four guys in this band are great: nice, friendly, funny, talented, and above all else, they find joy in playing music. That always makes me happy. I decided to try my hand at shooting in that environment and really enjoyed it. I think I got some nice shots, too.