GALLERY NOTES
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| NBA – This gallery represents over 20 years of work with the NBA, including 10 years each as team photographer with the Golden State Warriors and the Portland Trailblazers. All of the game images were made using arena strobe systems, with the earlier work (pre 2000) produced on transparency film using both 35mm and medium format cameras. We gradually transitioned to digital capture going fully digital in 2007. AFRICAN DOCUMENTARY - In 1984 as a staff photographer with the Peninsula Times Tribune newspaper in Palo Alto, CA, I was part of a news team that traveled to Sudan, Africa to document the distribution of food and medical supplies to refuges of the Ethiopian famine. As a white suburban raised 20 something this was a defining moment in my life. I was awe struck by the vastness of the human spirit we witnesses but ultimately frustrated with the futility of bringing home this complex and moving story. The sensory input was so completely overwhelming that it was simply impossible to adequately translate the experience. I believe we did some good, but I've never looked at the news the same way. LIVE PERFORMANCE - I've had the good fortune of being able to work with virtuoso guitarist Joe Satriani on his last couple of tours. Most of the images here are from Joe's solo projects but the gallery also includes work from Joe's Chickenfoot collaboration and the last Steve Vai tour. I became involved with Joe as a result of my teenage son Travis, who has been playing electric guitar since the age of nine. After Travis, Joe is my second favorite guitar player. PLACES AND PEOPLE – My newspaper experience instilled in me an appreciation for diversity in both subject and approach. These galleries contain a variety of images. Some are from jobs, some are technical explorations, and some are from my personal collection. THE RODMAN PHOTO - It was as if Rodman and I were destined to come together on that day. As a west coast photographer it was a fluke that I was assigned a game in Chicago (my first and only trip there), and though I had worked out my shooting positions in advance of the trip I had to change them just prior to the game due to a territorial dispute with the Bull's team photographer. For me the moment itself was a reflexive blink, yet somehow this haphazard occurrence produced a remarkably organized composition. I'll happily take credit for framing the action and pushing the button at the right time, but I have to respectfully acknowledge the many factors beyond my control that allowed this image to come together the way that it did. This image was captured during a regular season game February 22, 1997 as the Chicago Bulls were on their way to their third consecutive NBA Championship. Next to Fernando Medina's photo of Michael Jordan's “final shot”, the Rodman photo is the most published photo from the NBA archive. Some of the more interesting publication highlights include Jay Leno introducing guest Dennis Rodman by showing and then discussing the photo with Rodman on the Tonight Show. The late great film critic Gene Siskel (who appears in the photo just under Rodman's torso) reviewed the image upon it's publication in Life magazine's Best Magazine Photography of the Year issue. A couple of years later the photo was featured as a 3 page fold out in Sports Illustrated's Greatest Sports Photos of the Century issue. |