Beatles Collector Russ Lease for AARP.org
I got a phone call from AARP.org a while back with a really neat assignment: photograph Beatles memorabilia collector Russ Lease with his incredible collection. The guy isn’t your run of the mill hobbyist- he owns more gold records than most recording artists. That they happen to all be Beatles gold records makes them pretty [...]
Rock Bottom Remainders for the AARP Bulletin
“Tuesdays with Morrie” author Mitch Albom channels The King (Elvis, not fellow bandmate Stephen King). Much like Brigadoon, the musical supergroup that is the Rock Bottom Remainders appears out of the mists only once in a blue moon. If you’re lucky to catch them in concert, you will be treated to the likes of literary [...]
Air Guitar!
I recently got to shoot the 2009 US Air Guitar Championships for the Associated Press. It was totally awesome and totally metal. Who needs real guitars when you’re faced with talent and showmanship like this? Ryan Layman, stage name Stryker / Dreamcatcher, of Denver, Colo. smashes beer cans together during his set. My camera got [...]