More images from my life as a photographer. These, of course, were all shot on film. Enjoy flipping through my visions from the past. No order, just images.
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| Brooklyn Bridge with NYC skyline. 1994 . Shot on infrared film |
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| NYC 1994 infrared |
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| Gina in Los Angeles, post riots 1994 |
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| Los Angeles 1994 |
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| Westside Santa Cruz 1994. Infrared film |
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| Northern California Coast 1989 |
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| La Jolla 1985 (I wish I had not included my Subaru in the background! What an amateur) |
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| Santa Cruz 1989 |
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| Miss Beach Street 1989 |
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| Las Vegas 2000 |
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| Bob Dylan, House of Blues, Las Vegas 2000 |
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| With John and Gina meeting up with New Orleans singing legend, the Tan Canary himself, Mr Johnny Adams 1993 |
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| New Orleans finest 1993 |
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| Bob Dylan, Jazz Fest, New Orleans 1993 |
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| El Colgado (The Hanged Man) Taco Stand. Baja 1990 |
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| Don Ramon. Pavones, Costa Rica 1990 |
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| My parents were real bullfight aficianados. Here they are in the center of the crowd at the old Bullring by the Sea in Tijuana. 1984 |
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| I took advantage of this opportunity to photograph an assignment for my photojournalism class at SDSU. 1984 |
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| Everyone has their opinion about bullfighting but one thing is for sure, it is gnarly. |
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| Reggae Godfather, Lee "Scratch" Perry. Maritime Hall, San Francisco, 1998 |
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| Bootsy Collins. Palookaville, Santa Cruz 2001 |
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| The King of Funk, George Clinton. Palookaville, Santa Cruz 2001 |
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| Wally Boss, Oregon 1985 |
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| Oregon 1985 |
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| Basque Country, Spain 1988 |
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| I walked into this empty bar in the Basque region of Spain and this guy was cranking Leonard Cohen's "Take This Waltz" at top volume. I had never heard the song before and was completely blown away. 1988 |
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| Public Enemy. The Catalyst 1992 |
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| Lux Interior and Poison Ivy of The Cramps. Exotic Erotic Ball, San Francisco 1994 |
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| West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz 1990 |
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| North Coast 1990 |
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| Molokai 1991 |
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| Playa Azul, Baja Sur 1994 |
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| Sunny Cove, Santa Cruz 1995 |
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| Downtown Santa Cruz, post earthquake 1989 |
The Human Jukebox. First Earth Day Celebration. Golden Gate Park 1990 |
Grimes Poznikov (August 5, 1946 – October 27, 2005), known as "The Human Jukebox," was a fixture of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a street performer, who would wait in a cardboard refrigerator box until a passerby offered him a donation and requested a song. He would then pop out of the box and play the requested song on a trumpet, kazoo, or one of a number of other instruments.
Posnikov was born in Neodesha, Kansas to Albert Poznik, a lawyer, and Bernie Poznik, a performing artist and singer. From an early age he learned to play any musical instrument from piano to trumpet and drums. He graduated from Neodesha High School in 1964 and continued his education at Cornell College, graduating in 1969 with a degree in psychology.
After graduating from college, Poznikov taught elementary school in Chicago, Illinois for three years. While teaching, he became involved in the peace movement and he was arrested at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago with other anti-war protesters while blowing "America the Beautiful" on the trumpet. In 1972, he set up a trailer during the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami, Florida, calling it the "American Lobotomy Machine". He and other peace demonstrators sat in it for hours, pretending to be brainwashed into being "good Americans."
Poznikov was arrested several times for selling marijuana. His teeth were knocked out by police during the last arrest in the late 1980s, ending his ability to play trumpet. He later suffered from schizophrenia, began abusing drugs heavily, and ended up living on the streets. He died on October 27, 2005, of alcohol poisoning.
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| Chris Brow. Mavericks 1999 |
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| Jeff Clark. Mavericks 1999 |
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| Jay Moriarity. Mavericks 1999 |
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| Shane MacGowan. The Catalyst. Santa Cruz 2001 |
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| San Quentin 1994 infrared |
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| San Francisco 1994 infrared |
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| Golden Gate 1994 infrared |
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| Bangkok 1988 |
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| Paris 1985 |
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| Vallarie & Kim. San Francisco 1990 |
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| Bangkok Punks 1988. Amazingly, this was the ONLY shot I tool of these characters drawing a large crowd in Bangkok. Today I would have shot hundreds. |
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| Sacred Pool. Vatulele, Fiji 1987 . Known as the Island of the Red Prawns. Pure Fiji roots. Now a several thousand $ a night resort has taken over the pristine island. |
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| Fiji Moon. 1987 |
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| Ben's feet. Fiji 1987 |
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| Uluwatu, Bali at it's best 2-3 times overhead and no one out! 1988Uluwatu, Bali 1988 Before the cliff was developed |
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| Ubud, Bali 1992 |
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| Ubud, Bali 1992 |
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| Bali 1988 |
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| Children are revered in Bali. 1992 |
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| St. Croix 1995 |
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| Pond Lily's sharing a joke. Santa Cruz 1992 |
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| Bali Cafe 1992 |
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| Costa Rica Cafe 1990 |
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| Peep. NYC 1994 |
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| New Zealand 1992 |
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| New Zealand 1992 |
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| Mount Taranaki. New Zealand 1992 |
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| Fishing Boat, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica 1990 |
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| Santorini, Greece 1988 |
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| Grave of Jim Morrison. Paris 1985 |
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| Mexico 1995 |
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| Nigel Newton, butcher. New Zealand 1988 |
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| Costa Rica 1990 |
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| New Orleans 1993 |
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| Pamplona, Spain 1985 |
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| 49er's fan. San Francisco 1985 |
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| Mendocino Coast. 1985 |
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| Barcelona Balcony View.Las Ramblas. 1985 |
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| Party with Laura. Roma 1988 |
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| Lennox Head, Australia 1988 |
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| Vallarie. Austrailia 1988 |
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| Kim. Mardi Gras Museum. New Orleans. 1993 |
