Life in Oklahoma
Since around 2010, I’ve been taking pictures of life in Oklahoma. My photography has been featured in several publications including Oklahoma Today, The Daily Oklahoman and the Oklahoma Gazette. Also, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and many wonderful websites. To that end, I welcome the opportunity to share my photos of life here in the Flyover Country, which we affectionately call the Heartland.
Flyover Country: Pictures of Life in Oklahoma
I was born in East Los Angeles but have lived in the nation’s Heartland since I was nine years old. From Texas and Arkansas to Kansas and Oklahoma, the majority of my life has been spent in Flyover Country. My brother still lives in L.A. and he told me many years ago that many people on the east and west coasts dismiss people in flyover country. Basically, their opinions, passions, pains, and stories are somehow deemed by coastal counterparts as less important because of seemingly less desired geographic location.
Therefore, through my photography, I strive to tell stories about life and those people and things that struggle to be seen and heard. As such, much of my work can be categorized as street photography. Also, candid photography.
I am a hobby photographer and the majority of my work is amateur. Nevertheless, many of my photos have been featured in some great magazines and on some wonderful websites. A picture I took of the Oklahoma Capitol was featured on CNN.
Mostly, I just love to take pictures of life in the Heartland, and that includes lots of pictures of the people and places I love.
Irony in Photography
I like contradiction and irony in photographs. Sometimes, photos reveal what we don’t see in person, freezing a frame of life that is so brief it can’t be forgotten because it never registered. Ultimately, irony and contradiction give us new perspectives on old stories and they help unravel misconceptions.
Daily Photo of Life in Oklahoma
In addition to taking pictures of life in Oklahoma, I also collect vintage pictures — old snapshots, portraits, photographs, and 35 mm slides. I love to share them with readers of this blog and on Facebook. Basically, I have relatively few pictures from my youth and childhood, so I’m always looking to find myself — or at least my experiences — in other peoples’ photos. I cherish high-quality pictures from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s that feature Gen-X subjects. For me, there will never be enough, for they particularly tell the story of our days and times. In addition, they contribute to this archive, which now represents about a decade of my life’s work.
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Photography Posts
Happy Halloween. Have Some Eyeball Punch.
I hope you have a safe and happy Halloween!
Magic Lantern Festival and Memories To Last A Lifetime
We missed the Magic Fairy Ball this year. It was in September and it completely escaped me. I was so disappointed, but happy when I learned the Magic Lantern Festival would be in late October. The festival took place on The Paseo, a historic artist colony in Oklahoma...
A Tree In Logan County
Robert and I took a long drive through the winding, red back roads of Logan County last night. I would really like to buy a place in the country! This patch of Oklahoma earth is near Ambriz Road. I love the lone tree in the field. It reminded me of this quote from...
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Jumping Hay Bales in East Texas
“But that’s the thing about East Texas. Red dirt never quite washes out, and pine pollen is tenacious as original sin. You can leave East Texas, for Houston, for the Metroplex, for the Commonwealth, for New York, or Bonn or Tokyo or Kowloon; but you can never quite...
Bras on a Fence for Breast Cancer Awareness
In 2011, a woman in East Texas fastened hundreds of bras to her chain link fence to raise awareness about breast cancer. October is breast cancer awareness.
Vintage Boy Scout Troop Ribbons
These Boy Scout troop ribbons dating back to 1960 hang in the dedicated scout room at my kids' school. I love the years of dedication to the life of boys they symbolize. Here's my boy scout!
Picture of the Day: Homeless Veterans and Mobile Phones
I'm super excited to share that this photo today! I took it two years on NE 1st Street off Western Avenue in Oklahoma City. It's currently featured in a story on a federal website and in a federal publication, Research Currents. The story is Mobile phones offer hope...
Picture of the Day: Me Comfort Still
23rd Psalm, Irish The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want. He makes me down to lie In pastures green: he leadeth me the quiet waters by. My soul he doth restore again; and me to walk doth make Within the paths of righteousness, ev'n for his own name's sake. Yea, though...
Small Round Barn
Picture of the Day: Small round barn west of Jones, Oklahoma.
Pied Beauty: September Butterflies
I love taking pictures of butterflies! I cut some zinnias in the rain on Wednesday. I gave them to my son Sully to take to the neighbors. People like flowers from the garden I told him. He was so good to carry the fistfuls. He ran barefoot across the rain-drenched...
Picture of the Day: Old Pickup
Today’s Picture of the Day is an old pickup. Location: A bend in the road on the Lawrie Stretch in Logan County, Oklahoma Date: July 2014 Generation: Late 1970s pickup Details: By my favorite spot in the road.
Picture of the Day: Guy On A Unicycle
Today’s Picture of the Day is a guy on a unicycle. Name unknown. Location: Northwest 23rd Street, just west of Classen Boulevard, Oklahoma City Date: December 2012 Generation: Millennial, Generation Y. Details: I was photographing the sunset when I turned around and...
Picture of the Day: Anthony, A Guy With Awesome Hair
Today's Picture of the Day is Anthony, a guy with awesome hair. Location: 7-11 on Classen Boulevard, Oklahoma City Date: July 17, 2014 Generation: Millennial, Generation Y. Details: Anthony was putting air in the tires of his bike.
Picture of the Day: Woman With A Tattoo On Her Back
Location: Midtown, Oklahoma City Subject: Unknown Details: The tattoo on her back is a quote from a famous American trial lawyer, Gerry Spence: I'd rather have a mind opened by wonder than closed by belief.
Picture of the Day: Oklahoma City at Rush Hour
Oklahoma City Rush Hour: Trucks, Cars, Buses, Trains | Near the Oklahoma State Capitol
Picture of the Day | Former Soldier, Army Republic South Vietnam
Army Republic South Vietnam I took this photo on April 29, 2014, at Military Park in Oklahoma City. It was a ceremony to commemorate the Fall of Saigon and the sacrifice of American soldiers.
Picture of the Day: Old Camp Cabin
Check out Amy Ludwig VanDerwater's poem, A Love Poem To Summer Camp.
Life in Oklahoma: Everything Will Be OK
I spent a few years photographing graffiti and street photography around Oklahoma City. Eventually, I got too busy with work and finally had to move on from these adventures. Nevertheless, I learned a lot and made quite a few acquaintances with guerilla and graffiti artists. See Everything Will Be OK.
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