its time to move on

I have started a new blog.

Here is the link to see the most current work of Michael Jarecki

www.justmakepictures.com

velvet lounge jazz club

According to the door guy at the Velvet Lounge, this is a portrait of the first African American Playboy centerfold.  I found this interesting especially with the movie line rope off....

Tribune photographs

Cpl. Matt Jimenez, from left, Steve Carponelli and Cpl. Tony Carponellis fell a tree in Walworth, Wisconsin.  Cpl. Carponelli invited friend and unit member Cpl. Jimenez to spend Christmas with his family in Palatine.  Both are part of the 2nd Battalion 3rd Marine regiment which recently returned from deployment in Afghanistan.

Cpl. Tony Carponelli gets "snowed" by his older sister Andrea Griffin during the Carponelli family tree hunt tradition at Country Side Trees in Walworth, Wisconsin on Sunday, December 20, 2009.  Cpl. Carponelli invited friend and unit member Cpl. Matt Jimenez(back left) to spend Christmas with his family in Palatine.

Cpl. Matt Jimenez 21, saws a tree down during the Carponelli family tree hunt tradition at Country Side Trees in Walworth, Wisconsin on Sunday, December 20, 2009.  Cpl. Tony Carponelli (not pictured) invited friend and unit member Cpl. Jimenez to spend Christmas with his family in Palatine.  Carponelli and Jimenez are both part of the 2nd Battalion 3rd Marine regiment which recently returned from deployment in Afghanistan. 

Saw this ran in the Trib on Christmas day....here is a link to the story.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/chi-midwest-christmas-25-dec25,0,3216137.storychicagotribune.com

cleveland meets chicago

fashion photographer Jeff Stella!

Portrait of Joeff Davis, life long friend, mentor, and an amazing photographer who was named "photojournalist of the year" by the Atlanta Press Club for 2008.  Whenever Joeff comes to visit we always fill our bodies with the ever so popular caffeine....maybe I will put together a cofffee shop series by the time I am 50.  check out his work....it's stellar!   www.joeff.com
-mj

3 from the weekend

winogrand

PAULIE MALIGNAGGI, Former Junior Welterweight World Champion

to see more photos from this press conference please visit:  hoganphotos.com