The Return to Miami: On this trip: I stopped I listened, I saw, I smelled and I learned.

After almost 3 months on the road selectively shooting everything and anything that has caught my eye. On most occasions I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time.

From: landmarks, bridges, signs, sunrises, sunsets, rainbows, forest fires, bikers, mountain climbers, hikers, divers, Dj’s, glider pilots, Indian story tellers, or a spiritual guide, musicians, bartenders, farmers, wild animals and topping it all off were the old friends and the new ones that I have met all along this trip that have forever changed my life.

Whether it was words or a polite gesture that stirred up a conversation, I was left with more then memories It seems that I had traded knowledge, insight and further learned the deeper understanding of life: Sometimes with out speaking as it happened while meeting a few Germans bikers, a couple of Portuguese dancers and a Spanish rodeo star crossing over the multi languages and getting asked to take another picture or sit down and enjoy a beer, a coffee or a quick joke. Normally these are the nameless, faceless shadows or outlines of people, I or we pass every day, people who come and go just as quickly.

Somewhere in the middle of the comings and goings I was touched, I was aware, and now I am home revisiting them once again.

Some of the faces that allowed me to learn about myself or capture more then just these images. It allowed me to be………………

In 6 weeks: Miami, NYC, California and now Acapulco Mexico....

From an amazing journey through out California and then an assignment took me here to Acapulco Mexico, which is where I am now..... more images to come later from Mexico............... Pura Vida!

Steve
Mexico
4/28/09

Fort Irwin and The Rockpile

This is the writen words of W.Self 1981: it describes the The Rockpile:


The Rockpile:

How many have been to this "Desert Retreat" To Train, as they sweat and curse the heat? How many have come to play the war games does anyone know, is there a record of names? How many units throughout history long before this NTC (National Training
Center) Have Braved the sun. the wind, the sand, and all the rigors a soldiers must stand. So many have come and gone on their way from the time of Patton to the present day/ With Honor they fought some died to preserve the country they solemnly vowed they would serve.

And so, let's take the time to praise that unit who came in long past days to train to fight, but on a lark established a tradition by leaving it's mark.

Through years have erased their memory there still remains for all to see a mute, but living testament to those who've passed Fort Irwin through.
The Rockpile stands in glorious hues. May the memory of each fighting unit infuse, each soldier with pride that this legacy will be carried on by
the NTC. (National Training Center)

W.Self, 1981

Venice Beach Drum Circle Sundays!

Adventure Rock Climbing at Joshua Tree National Park

a day of walking around aimlessly by myself turned into a great photo opp with some really cool rock climbers i came across on a beautiful sunny day in joshua tree national park.