blast from the past

Tuesday was my birthday, so I got a bunch of well wishes from friends. One email was from my super duper photog friend Jeff who used to be my roommate for years and years. When we lived together on the east coast, we adopted a dog right off the streets. His name was Sailor and he was with me for 11 years until he passed away in 2007 from cancer. He was an amazing dog. In the note from Jeff, he included this old picture he shot of us about 10 years ago. I hadn't seen Sailor look this good for quite a while as he was pretty frail during his final years.

Sometimes it is nice to look back at things from long ago... and remember how they used to be.

studio sneak peek

People keep asking me about my studio so I thought I would show a few images of my home away from home. The space is very small but more than enough space for us. I love this first photo as it has everything I love... my 1200 lb monster of a press is in the reflection of this super old mirror I have mounted on the wall surrounded by lots of wonderful photographs and bits of goodies... vintage maps of Chicago, little typewritten lists, etc. It is just a fun wall to look at and keeps me inspired. (Many of the band photographs were either taken by myself or by one of my super duper friends, Jeff Winterberg) The rest of the photos include little bits of stuff I have collected that also serve double duty.... an old dartboard becomes a great bulletin board, vintage French kitchen tins hold all my letterpress goodies.... and the blue and white tables are actually old science tables salvaged from a local high school.