Chairs Peninsula School, 1964

I’ve been at this a long time, and as today is my birthday, it’s easy to look back and see just how long this magical mystery tour called photography has been.

The above is my earliest published photograph, taken when I was 12 at Peninsula School, where I learned photography and learned that creating would guide way of life. (Don’t worry, I’m not going to bore you by bringing you up year by year, I would, but my party is about to start and I’m stealing a few moments to dash this off..)

Friends jumping off sand dune in Morro Bay, 1965

The above is my most published photo taken when I was in the 8th grade, of my pals jumping off a sand dune in Morro Bay, CA. Taken at sunset with these guys backlit, it was easy to turn into a silhouette. Talk about capturing  the moment, one second later the fortuitous geometry would  have been a mess.

Photography has been part of my life and has opened more doors than you can imagine. It has given me entre to so many people and places that I would otherwise never have had access to. I could and should write  these stories and I will in this next decade ahead. But as I said, life is calling so I’ll close with a few later images.  We’ll talk more later.

Windows, San Pau, Spain, 2010

Polo Boots, Atherton, CA, 2007

School in the Medeina, Morocco, 2010

Cala Nans Lighthouse, around the coast from Salvadore Dali’s home in Cadaque, 2010