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I had some friends model for my upcoming website images. Please do not think I am exploiting them. These guys are good friends of mine and I often take them food,clothes and coffee. They capture the true essence of the photos that I do. Rugged, Raw and Real. If you are considered beautiful by mainstream society standards then you probably won't want to model for me. It's OK i'll live!!

Blast from the Past... The Correa Sessions

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Here are some old school fotos from the 90's. It was an early attempt to do studio portraits. Here is my friend Jose Correa. We worked at the same restaurant at the time. He was a real eclectic type of dude and really charismatic, but you pissed him off and he could easy turn really violent. I don't know whatever happened to him but here is to him helping me out during those early days.

La Eternidad

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! Check out this portrait I did at the Dia de Los Muertos a few weeks back. Be thankful to be alive!!

The Jazz Album: Recession thinking

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I did the second half of Bodegas Man's album cover art. The album is going to be called The Jazz Album: Recession Thinking. I have heard the demo version and it sounds great. I am really excited to be part of this. I was asked to have a cameo in the video for one of the songs!! WOW

Los Angeles

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Here is a street scene picture I did a few months ago. I thought the marquee was a perfect time in music history to capture it. The Los Angeles theatre is where I shot the famous "crew" picture 14 years ago

Baile de Mascaras

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Here is a shot I did with my Canon AE-1 camera at The Day of the dead event. When I saw this it looked spooky as if they were all just staring at me so I had to shoot it.

Tech Advance, Young Hype, Baby Hype

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I did some photos for an article on Starstruck Records recording artist Tech Advance, Young Hype and Baby Hype. Starstruck Records is based out of Long Beach and have a really good diversity of artist. They are also one of the most professional people I have ever met. In 2 months we did 5 photo shoots.