justice for all

young man

justice for all, washington, dc

fellini's #9, charlottesville

nathan garrett

seremoni bwa kayiman, prospect park, brooklyn

Commemorating the great Vodou ceremony at bwa kayiman in 1791, which in part launched the series of insurrections that would ultimately lead to Haitian independence on January 1, 1804.

mike

poet, artist, friend, and father-in-law

russell sledge, 1965-2014

 stoltz listening room, avalon theatre, april 12, 2014

familia sorola

Starting in 1922 with my grandmother, Margarita, Gilberto Morado Sorola (1893 - 1978) and Leonor Longoria Gonzalez (1903-1998) had eight children. Five of these children survived infancy and had children, grandchildren, and some, great-grandchildren. Today much of the family remains in San Antonio. In early June I traveled there for mi abuelita's 92nd birthday and met some of these cousins for the first time.

david as bear

serena (his mother) & david (her son)

mellony, mi primita - daughter of serena

mardalena (his grandmother) & david (her grandson)

linda (her niece) & margarita (her aunt)

margaret

gilmar!

margarita (his aunt) & gilmar (her nephew)- each thought the other had died--what joy to be reunited some months ago

Lord Shiva's Dance

A temple for Lord Shiva crowns the highest point at the Satchidananda Ashram. As Nataraj--the Cosmic Dancer--he overlooks the rolling hills of Buckingham County with the Blueridge mountains  rising gently behind him. It's a glorious spot and Sri Gurudev's chosen place for him.

Recently I visited at night for the first time and was captivated by his bliss, illuminated by the warm light cast upon him, and the shadows that seemed to dance, not with his movement, but with our own.  It's all one.

"The source of all movement,
Shiva's dance,
Gives rhythm to the universe.
He dances in evil places,
In sacred,
He creates and preserves,
Destroys and releases.

We are part of this dance
This eternal rhythm,
And woe to us if, blinded
By illusions,
We detach ourselves
From the dancing cosmos,
This universal harmony…" 

-Ruth Peel

scientists' cliffs, chesapeake bay

Chimes

Chinese New Year

stillness

This is an old photo, taken with a 35mm film camera many years ago at a Vodou ceremony in Mariani, Haiti. It's a detail from the shadows of a larger photo of many vodouizan dancing for Ogou, for community. I've always been drawn to this image, these two beautiful women, the tenderness of strength.

nicole et rachel

january snow

rhode island avenue, mount rainier

Published!

Interview with Joe Lamour on HuffPost Gay Voices - with my photo!