merry christmas

Merry Christmas from the 511 family.

photo. michael franklin

christmas photos

This year, I was asked by quite a few people to take their Christmas card photo, but the Poes were the only ones to pull through. I think they went about it the right way by not over-thinking it. They called me on a Friday and asked me to shoot on Saturday.
Nice and simple.

Bob Poe is a Democrat in Anchorage, Alaska and is running for Governor in 2010. Bob's wife, Terzah, works with Shell Oil, where we met on a shoot I did for Shell in Barrow, Alaska earlier this year. (Photos from that trip and be seen here. )



In my personal life, it has been fun spending the last few days really getting into the Christmas spirt. Ashley and I went and bought a Christmas tree yesterday and decorated it with all the trimmings, and I am planning on putting up the lights on the house today.
Merry Christmas. :)

new york

As I said before, New York was amazing. Ashley and I had a wonderful week playing tourists. A few of the fun things we had the chance to do were: visit the MoMa, walk through central park, attend the Dry Ice opening at the Alaska House Gallery, walk the Brooklyn Bridge, walk the Manhattan Bridge, take a train up the Hudson, eat at Prune, Katz's (from When Harry Met Sally) and Tom's, the Seinfeld restaurant.
I didn't shoot very much, but I think that was the point of taking a vacation. So, I hope you enjoy the few photos that I did take. The highlights of the trip for me were: walking in central park for hours with Ash, eating with Ash at Prune, and staying with our friend Brad Dececco in Brooklyn. Brad is a freelance photographer based out of Brooklyn, and his work can be found here.

Also, I would like to thank our good friends Mark, Ann, Dean, and Chris Grunder for letting us sleep in their homes.

Happy holidays.

For a more thorough look on our trip look here

I will add more photos to this post as film is developed.

new york

Ashley and I just got back from NY and it was amazing. Photos will be coming soon.

new york

Tonight, Ashley and I are leaving for New York for one week. We are going down for a writers' conference on Monday, and then there is a show opening on Thursday called "Dry Ice" at the Alaska House Gallery in SOHO in which I will have four pieces. Also, we both just need a vacation, and it will be wonderful to catch up with new and old friends

The Show at the Alaska House Gallery starts at 6:30pm and I encourage everyone who wants to see contemporary native art to attend.

more info here.
www.alaskahouseny.org

Wish us luck!

artist's eye lecture series - anchorage museum of history & art

Photographer Brian Adams offers an informal gallery talk about his work, which centers on individuals and their relationships with the land.
Free.
8 p.m.
12/4/2009

more here.
http://www.anchoragemuseum.org/calendar/details.aspx?ID=458