Picture of the Week #32 "Night Stroll by the Kremlin"

Picture of the Week #32 "Night Stroll by the Kremlin" Moscow, Russia 1986 Signed and Stamped. I was invited to attend the first Soviet-American Film Interchange in 40 years. The group from America were led by Richard Gere and Darryl Hannah. Matt Dillon, Carrie Fisher, and a host of others from behind the camera were there to show our films and to discuss our work with Soviet film makers. We traveled on to St. Petersberg (Leningrad) as well. Check out Picture of the Week #17 "Alone in Leningrad" earlier in this blog.

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July to one and all. These pictures were taken in Sun Valley Idaho in 1977. They are signed and Stamped. The images are Very Americana. And notice Smokey the Bear driving.

Picture of the Week #31 " Cairo Caravan"

Picture of the Week #31 "Cairo Caravan" Giza, Egypt 1989 Signed and Stamped. Seeing the pyramids has to be one of the most memorable experiences of anyone's life. I remember when I came into Cairo on that portion of my around the world mid life tour, I was overwhelmed. This was something I had dreamt of as a kid, and now here I was. When I checked in to the Mena House Oberoi in Giza and the bell hop threw open the shutters and there across the street was the pyramids. I was truly blown away. I had always thought that they were way out in the middle of the desert. And yes, on three sides they are. But the forth side is right up to Giza. I quickly threw on my photographers vest and loaded up with film and cameras and headed across the street. I was immediately accosted by young boys who wanted to be my guide. I soon realized that it was easier to hire one than to fight them all off. I hopped on his camel and off we went to fulfill a dream. I want to go back, this time with my wife Ann. It is truly remarkable.

Picture of the Week #30 "Shanghai Water Carrier"

Picture of the Week #30 "Shanghai Water Carrier" Shanghai, China 1980 Signed and Stamped. China sure has changed since I took this photograph. In all the images that I see now there is nothing that resembles the primitive China that I saw when I was there scouting locations and working on the budget for a film that sadly never got made. Such is movie life.

Picture of the Week #29 "Three Barbers - No Waiting"

Picture of the Week #29 "Three Barbers - No Waiting" Montreal, Canada 1965 Signed and Stamped. While visiting friends I passed this barber shop and had to record what I was seeing. I thought then and now would I really want to go in to that shop where I might be getting a wrestler to cut my hair? That is when I had hair. I wonder if the barbers were once wrestlers or if the pictures in the window were like the barber shop I went to as a kid in Brooklyn where they had Frank Sinatra's photo every where. I always waited for him to come in with the "Rat Pack". They never did.

Picture of the Week #28 "Charlie Mingus"

Picture of the Week #28 "Charlie Mingus" New York City, NY 1972 Signed and Stamped. This is one of my absolute favorite images that I did when I was producing and directing Music Videos. I spent the afternoon and early evening filming the great jazz legend Charlie Mingus in a recording studio. The original image showed the studio in the background but I took all of that out so it became more of a portrait of Charlie and much more dramatic than the actual setting.

Picture of the Week #27 "Kicking Back in Vollendam"

Picture of the Week #27 "Kicking Back in Vollendam"  Vollendam, Holland 1966 Signed and Stamped. While directing a series of commercials for Ogilvy & Mather advertising, I travelled to Vollendam out side of Amsterdam where I encountered this Dutchman in wooden shoes and all just kicking back. In those days you could still find many locals wearing the customary wooden shoes. I have no idea about his hat.