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red shirt rally – may 19, 2012

Bangkok, Thailand  May 19, 2012. Red shirt rally.

There was a large rally in Bangkok yesterday, marking the two year anniversary to the end of the spring 2010 demonstration/occupation. Upwards of 45,000 people participated in the Ratchaprasong shopping district in central Bangkok. Personally, I’m not too familiar with the history of Thai politics and government, so I don’t have an informed opinion on …..

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photographing xanny disjad

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Sometimes you get lucky. That’s how I felt recently when I was hired to photograph a young lady and model named Xanny Disjad. A handful of pictures from the afternoon are below. There’s some minor nudity, so be forewarned.


songkran 2012

Songkran revelers along Silom Road - Bangkok, Thailand.

Songkran, the Thai new year, is celebrated from the 13th to the 15th of April (at least in Bangkok). It’s known for large celebrations with lots of water and white face paste. But there is more traditional beyond the popular water celebrations and the same new year is celebrated throughout southeast Asia, but in different …..

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people running @ lumpini park

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People running – different shapes, sizes, suits, shoes and colors. My achilles has been preventing me from running most days but I still go down to the park for a morning or evening walk, camera in hand.


ice flows and mountains from 39,000 feet – the Okhotsk sea and Kamchatka peninsula

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During a flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong I woke up from a nap and this is what I saw.  Then I thought to shoot a few pictures. The ice flows reminded me of weather satellite imagery. Afterwards I turned on the flight map to see where I was – over the Okhotsk sea …..

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random pictures from my phone – march 2012

March 2012 - Red mountain,.

another dog day at crissy field – san francisco, california

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It was another sunny winter day so I grabbed the dogs and camera and drove over to Crissy Field.  Here are a few photographs from the morning.    


Political Debate and Board Games along Prospect Svobody – Lviv, Ukraine

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Board games and political debate are favorite pastimes along Prospect Svobody in Lviv, Ukraine. Walk through the area any weekend, holiday, or some evenings, and there will be small groups of older men, and a few strong ladies, participating in some pretty intense political debate.  I’m told this pastime took root, at least in public …..

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Cliche – Wien/Vienna Cafe. Lviv, Ukraine.

It's said that photographs of sunglass reflections are cliche.  So be it.  Wien/Vienna Cafe - Lviv, Ukraine.

Going through photographs of older guys playing chess and practicing political debate along Prospect Svobody in Lviv, Ukraine, I ran across this memory.  It’s said that photographs of sunglass reflections are cliche. So be it.


A few pictures from yesterday’s run across the Golden Gate Bridge

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This has to be one of my favorite runs – start anywhere along the San Francisco water front and head across the Golden Gate bridge. I’ve done it so many times yet I still do not take it for granted. Yesterday I started near the St. Francis yacht club and shot a few pictures along …..

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Klong Toey Market – Bangkok, Thailand

Klong Toey market - Bangkok, Thailand. Waiting for fresh fish.

Odds are you haven’t been to a market quite like Klong Toey (Toei) market in Bangkok, Thailand.  It’s a place where you can get anything food related, and all of the food  is very fresh -  produce, fish, poultry, and meats, some of it arriving at the market alive. The market is popular with small …..

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Redwood Park, Oakland

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I doubt most people think of tall redwood trees when they think of Oakland but up in the hills there are plenty. Some time ago these were old growth forests, but were cut down for timber. Some of it could be in my old house. One hundred or so years later and it looks like …..

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jetlagged

Jetlagged - Bangkok, Thailand, October 2011.

What do you do when your are fourteen timezones from home, take a late afternoon nap but wake up after midnight, you aren’t going back to sleep anytime soon, and Anderson Cooper 360 is showing on CNN International?  


you never know – Rohatyn, Ukraine

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Sometimes a great time happens when you least expect it. Rohatyn is a small town about five miles away from Cherche, the tiny village where my ancestors are from. There are two hotels in town, about ten rooms each, inexpensive, and nice enough. I splurged and stayed at the fancier place, about twenty five dollars …..

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Santa Barbara (СИХІВ/Suhiv) Ukraine

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  During a recent visit to Lviv, Ukraine I mentioned that I wanted to wander around a Soviet era housing complex when someone suggested that I visit “Santa Barbara”. When I heard the name I knew I had to go. Its official name is СИХІВ, which is pronounced as Suhiv, but it also has the …..

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the Beatles weren’t kidding

Lviv, Ukraine. Prospect Svobody.

Late one afternoon last August, I ventured out to Prospect Svobody in Lviv, Ukraine to photograph the older guys playing chess and having political debate. But I ended up photographing young ladies walking around the place. The Beatles weren’t kidding when they wrote the song titled Back in the U.S.S.R..  During my recent visit to …..

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Lviv, Bangkok, and in between – from my phone

Lviv, Ukraine. Cafe Wien - Great place for an evening break.

I left my house early August and returned last Monday – three months away from Oakland.  Minus an unplanned   return trip to Arizona in October, I spent my time around Lviv, Ukraine and Bangkok, Thailand.  I visited Lviv to spend  time in the village my father’s parents came from.  I’m impressed by how people in …..

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More Dogs at Crissy Field, San Francisco

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It has been well over three months since I’ve been to Crissy Field in San Francisco. So I grabbed the dogs, camera, and flash, drove over the bridge, walked around and shot more photographs of dogs and their owners enjoying the day. Click through the thumbnails for larger images.  


Affected by the floods

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There have been flood warnings for the entire Thonburi district of Bangkok for a week or more – the Thai government predicted the entire district would be submerged in a meter of water. Although there is significant flooding in the district, a lot of it is dry. A good friend of mine lives in the …..

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Riding with Bangkok fire and rescue

Bangkok, Thailand Flooding. Enroute to the Pinklao bridge mid afternoon, normally filled with traffic, Bangkok's streets were pretty much traffic free.

Expecting normal Bangkok, Thailand traffic, I took a motorbike taxi over to the Grand Palace side of the Pinklao bridge yesterday.  The motorbike wasn’t necessary since the normal afternoon Bangkok traffic was no where to be found. I planned to walk around some of the areas I did two days earlier but ended up catching …..

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Bangkok, Thailand Flooding – Oct 30, 2011

Bangkok Thailand Flooding - A young lady and her dogs leave the flooded area near Arun Amarin Road in Bangkok Noi.

Other than sandbags all over the place, fewer people around, and very light traffic, everything in central Bangkok seems normal. Venture out a few miles and it is a different world. Many people are living in knee deep, waist deep, and chest deep water. I spent the past couple of days exploring some of the …..

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I felt guilty swimming laps this morning – Bangkok, Thailand flooding

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I have to admit that I felt a little guilty swimming laps this morning, knowing that a few miles away there were plenty of people swimming in murky Chaophraya river overflow, and not by choice.  I haven’t seen a direct comparison, but I bet the flooding here in Bangkok, Thailand covers an area similar in …..

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cock fighting in rural northeast thailand – isaan

A cock fighting arena with tiered concrete seats and seat numbers in Pla Pak, Thailand.

People in northeast Thailand or Isaan wake up very early. During my visits I’m up at or before sunrise and not by choice. The neighbors keep their rooster steps away from where I sleep and I’m convinced that it is the rooster that wakes up all other roosters in the village. Shortly after sunrise every …..

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a roll of film around the neighborhood

Glenview district: Redwood Tree across the street.

Two weeks ago I noticed there was a roll of film in my  Canon EOS-3 film camera. I purchased this camera cheap off of ebay last fall, have not used it since, have never had a roll of film developed from it, and thought I should do so before I sell it. I took the …..

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