Online Gallery for ALL ACCESS show – Long Beach Dec 5, 2015 – Jan 9, 2016

Here’s an online gallery for the framed images in the ALL ACCESS show currently hanging at SOMATIC GALLERY in Long Beach, CA. These framed photos are available for purchase at SOMATIC GALLERY in Long Beach, CA. Thank you for asking! Phil Alvin – Framed, white mat, square black molding, 13 x 19, Gelatin Print –…

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a piggy’s favorite shot

August 5, 2015 – Piggy played at Alex’s Bar. It was so dark that I popped up my on-camera-flash for a few shots to fill in some light in order to get some of these photos. I never do that. I submitted a grip of PIGGY photos to New Noise Magazine, which you can see here….

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Tres Padres near Cinco de Mayo

I am one of the biggest “dorky-fan-boys” I know. Needless to say, when I got a text from Lou Barlow last week asking for permission to use some photos I shot of a recording session back in 2013, I was blown away. I love all Lou’s music, but I have to be honest and say…

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skeletons in the closest …

I was pawing through some images from a year ago. Kinda re-looking. I found some pix from the first street workshop I participated in … Oct 2011 – Eric Kim at Think Space gallery in LA. I still like some of these. I have to say that I have become a lot better in my…

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stuck in (foot) traffic on the Queensboro bridge

Yes, the title is a reference to “The King of Queens” Shots from our recent New York trip. This was a weird trip for us. Not only were we stuck in NYC during the hurricane, but our flights were canceled, we stayed in Queens for a few days, the subways were flooded. It was just…

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Shooting out the Window …

I wanted to call this post “Shooting guns with Vegans …” But I thought it was misleading. Shooting Guns with Vegans is something I recently did, something I enjoyed and something I took pictures of … But the pictures aren’t what I had hoped. So in my ever-present struggle with “over-sharing” I have decided that…

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