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Revolutionary War Reenactment : Mount Vernon : Independence Day VA

2009-07-05T00:23:50Z

Revolutionary War Reenactment : Mount Vernon : Independence Day VA
Washington's Continental Army had regrouped on the lawn facing the river to blast the Brits with cannon fire and rifle shot. I did myself the favor of not talking too much and giving away my origins......... hehehehe..........

I heard Washington give a rousing speech to his troops........... I was struck by one sentence the actor spoke........ speaking in realtime as it were........ Washington stated we are literally the only country in the world not to be ruled by a King or Queen or Tsar or a Tsarina........... thats mega when you think about it........ America invented itself with no other similar States to emulate.... with no examples to follow....... An amazing system of government and justice was conceived of........ and brought forth...... and went on to be the model that many others have followed since........ Happy 4th of July!!!!!!!

Cheers Jez XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

PS........ Not so impressed by the daylight fireworks....... but they would have been perfect for radio.

Buzz Aldrin Astronaut : Star Man Helmsley Park Lane Hotel : NYC

2009-07-03T01:26:28Z

Buzz Aldrin Astronaut : Star Man Helmsley Park Lane Hotel : NYC
As luck would have it the Times (of London) Space Supplement celebrating the First moon landing 40 years ago is running today........ so I think my Buzz Aldrin stuff is running today.......... so here is one of the pictures from the shoot.........

Buzz Aldrin...... He walked on the moon......... How astonishing is that........ When you really think about it.......... His is a mega career with the singularly amazing pinnacle of achievement....... and he is a good guy......... But all the adulation and fame mixed with a big..... what next? That hung around him.... led him to fall prey too..... then fight off the joint demons of alcoholism and depression........ he seems to have come through OK........ and his new book Magnificent Desolation timed to coincide with the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 looks at his life and times ......... and gives you the good times and the bad. Actually...... He really is a good guy and has a special aura about him........ and you know what....... I did feel genuinely honored to have met him............ a celestial being........ a man who has left our own rock in space and walked on another........ wow.

Greg was amazed and I think slightly disapproving of how I was photographing him in this set up......... hehehehe......... I know its a little crazy....... but it kind of of added a physical visual reality to how people perceive this 'Star man' Astronaut....... hehehehe........... OK its a little silly but I really like this portrait......... and although Greg thought it might be a little too silly....... I kind of like it....... in fact I like it a whole lot....... hehehe........ What do you think??

Cheers Jez XXXXXXXXXX

PS...... I am rolling to Mount Vernon today George Washington's House....... not sure I can put up the results as I am on assignment....... but hey Happy 4th of July to you all!!!!!!!!! Celebrate with a picture of an all American hero......... Buzz!

Greg Morris Photographer : Park Lane Helmsley : NYC

2009-07-02T00:30:26Z

Greg Morris Photographer : Park Lane Helmsley : NYC
Amin has never met Greg. Thats kind of weird...... How can that be ?? Greg is one of my closest collaborators in the US and one of the loveliest guys on the planet........ Amin really should have met him by now........ I can't see how they have never met..... ? I'll have to fix that.......oh well here is the next best thing Amin ....... hehehe...... well sort of........ :-) ......... A picture of Greg Morris ........ Here is Greg in a Hotel overlooking central park....... we are waiting for the astronaut Buzz Aldrin to come to the room to be photographed.

Cheers Jez XXXXX

PS......... We should be able to put up a picture of Buzz pretty soon........ after our client has run the pictures.

Freaked out girl in NYC cab : Spring and Broadway : NYC

2009-07-01T01:04:44Z

Freaked out girl in NYC cab : Spring and Broadway : NYC
Hey I guess every now and again NYC freaks you right out...... you know.......... you just think...... like wow is this really happening?........ but mostly you just go with it........ even when I do get freaked...... I like to kid myself........ I don't get as freaked as this girl........ hehehe...... lets face it she looks like she can't get to JFK fast enough......... :-)

This trip to NYC I think is my shortest ever not quite 13 hours in all........... still its better than the four hour trip to Atlanta the other day.

Cheers Jez XXXXXXXXX

Reflection of Sleeping Girl : Amtrak Train : New Jersey the DC to NYC Track

2009-06-30T03:12:15Z

Reflection of Sleeping Girl : Amtrak Train : New Jersey the DC to NYC Track
Now...... Its 2:57AM Im having a Cuban Panini in the cafe at 23rd and 8th........earlier I dumped the car and ran for the train........ last train out of Union Street Station DC for NYC at 10PM........... gets in at gone 2AM not that civilized but its better than burning up the i95 under your own steam......... at least I can relax......... I made this image of this beautiful girl's reflection...... in the glass of the train window as she slept....... at one point when she appeared to be awake ..... I showed her the images on the back of the camera ......... she just smiled and went back to sleep....... basically I interpret that as certainly I have completely no objection to being on the blog or appearing in any magazines worldwide......... hehehehe......... Im pretty sure that is a legally watertight and correct .......... hehehehe........ :-)

Jez XXXXXX

Fishermen In The Fading Light : Chesapeake Bridge Tunnel Fishing Pier : Virginia

2009-06-29T01:44:33Z

Fishermen In The Fading Light : Chesapeake Bridge Tunnel Fishing Pier : Virginia
When you are driving long distances your mood changes as time passes........ one minute you are talking to your friend from London its all up beat and fun........ So then you are in raised spirits....... next you are speaking to a Friend in NYC who is having a pile of personal hassle...... you end up feeling devastated for him.........

These fishermen fish much more collectively and socially than I imagined they might....... even if they are arguing they are all interacting like mad all of the time............

Cheers Jez XXXXXX

Shark ! : Chesapeake Bridge Tunnel : Virginia

2009-06-28T03:27:14Z

Shark ! : Chesapeake Bridge Tunnel : Virginia
I like a good road trip....... I even sometimes secretly enjoy bad ones....... of a certain type........ when you need to get from A to B in a serious hurry when there are no flights etc........ it is a drag....... but actually it can be great...... but I really do hate trips that involve jams.

Yesterdays drive down from DC to Atlanta was a bit of a killer because it had to be completed in a closing time frame........ and I had not set out leaving myself enough time....... so I ended up needing to drive all night....... it was madness but I quite enjoyed it really........ I drank about 10 of those Red Bull Energy stay awake kind of drinks........ I've never drank that many before............ I had sort of lost any residual fear of them.......... I used to have a respectful slight trepidation of them.......... anyway...... by the time I was still driving at dawn (see yesterdays photograph) I suddenly realized my heart was racing and I was feeling very weird.......... I had just drunk way to many of these things .......... by the dawn..... the mega caffine and stimulants in those drinks were really kicking in.......... my heart was racing racing and I was feeling very weird....... I felt like a right idiot......... fancy drinking that many of those drinks........ especially while listening to wall to wall coverage of the cardiac arrest and subsequent death of Michael Jackson.

I seem to have survived it........ but on the way back I drank none of the mega stimulant 'No Fear' or 'Red Bull' type things and limited myself to only a couple of coffees.

The trip back is much more civilized......... as I was edging out of North Carolina into Virginia a sinking feeling came over me........ 'Not driving in Virginia!'........ Agggggghhhhhhh............ Suddenly ....... I had a thought ........... its a bit of a long way round and you still go in Virginia........ but you get less Virginia.......... and its much more scenic.......... if you roll up the US 13 Ocean Highway over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.......... it takes longer than the main road route up the i95 round the DC Beltway and on to MD on US 50 and the Bay Bridge........ but hey..... What the Hell? So I just deviated to the coast........ Matt was already ahead of me (as he woke up earier than me) in his own vehicle so he went the approved route and beat me by over 5 hours.

But I got to have a pile of road trip adventures........... here is a picture I made on the fishing pier that is weirdly in the middle of the amazing 21 mile Chesapeake Bridge Tunnel...........

This is Shawn Stack mega expert fisherman with a shark he and his buddies have just caught....... they are releasing the small shark from hook just before throwing him back.

Cheers Jez XXXXXXXXX

Dawn Drive : Interstate i85 : GA

2009-06-26T17:11:30Z

Dawn Drive : Interstate i85 : GA
You know when you have been driving all night....... when the dawn light is coming up behind you.

Cheers Jez XXXXXX

New Jersey Turnpike Rest area car park : I95 Driving South Bound : NJ

2009-06-25T02:50:42Z

New Jersey Turnpike Rest area car park : I95 Driving South Bound : NJ
Well Im not exactly in the big ATL yet........ Im not even half way there yet........ and its 3AM ........... gotta kip...........

Cheers Jez XXXXXXXXX

PS.......... The sky in NJ really is that color......... hehehe......... no really its all the orange sodium lights.

JE and Kate Moss : Spring and Broadway : NYC

2009-06-24T03:15:13Z

JE and Kate Moss : Spring and Broadway : NYC
'I should of took that last bus home..... but i asked her for a dance' to quote Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzie.......... its a bit like that with JE........ I should of got in that van and rolled ... but I asked him for a beer......... hehehehe........ Im thinking I'll have a quick coffee with JE but instead I end up having far too many beers to even think of driving the van....... er...... that always happens when you go for a coffee with JE........

Cheers Jez XXXXXXXXX