Picture of the Week #503 "Your Move" Moscow, Russia 1988 Signed & Stamped

Okay, I know this is the third image from Russia that I have posted in the last three weeks. As Russia has been so prominent in the news lately I thought I would do a nostalgic turn and head back to the Communist heartland and post these few images. As you may or may not remember I was there as part of a small celebrity group of film stars and makers to show our films. As I am a compulsive photographer I always hit the streets to see what the people are up to and to capture my memories on film and now digitally. I was the only one of the group who took pictures. It was way before everyone  had cell phones. I am putting an album together of the images I took while over there, but I purposely did not include the celebrities. They're for another time.

Picture of the Week #502 "Slow Dance" Moscow, Russia 1988 Signed & Stamped

When I went to Russia back in 1988, I caught this group of dancers in the ballroom of the hotel where I was staying. I love the woman on the left who is looking at her partner with such admiration, that seemed to melt away all of the heaviness that is so prevalent in Moscow and for that matter all of Russia in those days. I haven't been back so I don't know if things lightened up since then. The reason I have been posting images from Russia is that it seems to be in the news every day lately and I thought it was a good time to post some of the images. Enjoy.

Picture of the Week #501 "Moscow Marathon" Moscow, Russia 1988 Signed & Stamped

When I went to Russia to show two of my movies, I was with many celebrities. I reconnected with Richard Gere who I had worked with on my first film "The Lords of Flatbush". Richard headed up a celebrity committee of actors, producers & directors of which I was one. When I was going through the city in the back of some rickety old car I saw these runners coming at me. I grabbed the camera and snapped this image. Now 29 years later here I am posting it. 

Picture of the Week #500 "Mirrored Me" Bel Air, California 2016 Signed & Stamped

I wanted to show something a little different as this is the 500th week of my sending out a photo every Monday.  I can't believe it has been going on this long. Thankfully it has been a modestly successful way for me to inform my collector base, friends, gallerists and other interested parties of my passion. This was a fun experiment one day and I found it interesting but not something that I wanted to turn into a series.