A vacuum, inside a forgery, wrapped in an illusion.

Las Vegas- Costume crown jewel of a culture completely enamored of skin deep materialism. It's not that it doesn't have any character. It just doesn't have any character of substance. So if you crave substance, the only real reason to go once is so you can refute anyone who says you need to go at least once.

Maybe that's too harsh. But unless you just really enjoy the idea of giving away your money in exchange for the experience of... having given away your money, or you enjoy watching other people who do, then do yourself a favor and go anywhere else. OK, again maybe "anywhere else" is too extreme but it amazes me how many people go to places like Vegas and Disney over and over again with no desire to experience anything outside of that self imposed experiential rut. You've gotta love the artificial to enjoy this place so why not just stay home and watch TV? If you want something real or authentic just go outside and explore your neighborhood, unless you live IN Vegas your hometown probably has more to offer!

But hey that's just my humble, hung-up opinion, you might actually enjoy yourself, and at night it gets all sparkly!

Under the Milky Way Tonight

Standing (very still for the 30 second exposure) by our dying campfire Joana is back-lit by the Milky Way at our evening anchorage between Oak Canyon Bay and Hidden Canyon, Lake Powell, Utah.

Alien Abducktion

Under a streetlight on a foggy winter night "The Blue Duck" (that's what Olivia used to call my old pick-up truck) looks like a scene from "Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind."

Francophone, Paris 2001

John Jordan yaks on a Parisian pay phone in this image made from multiple video frames. It was late, we caught the Metro to La Defense but the trams from there to Suresnes had stopped running so we had to hoof it a couple or three kilometers back to Mike's house. Of course we had no maps and had never made the trip on foot before so it was a very indirect route until we finally got some where that looked familiar.

Paris Video Montages 2001

A couple of images stitched together from video frames. My first time visiting Mike in Paris.

Hayden Planetarium by Night

A frigid February night in Manhattan-2003

NYC Winter 5AM

I was in NY for a job doing a site survey, working with traffic consultants who got up at 4AM to go out in the freezing pre-dawn winter darkness to observe traffic flow through the Lincoln Tunnel.

Nightfall Over New Haven

My cousin Steve takes in the view from East Rock at dusk - Looking over New Haven and Long Island Sound to Long Island.

Wear a helmet? Not with these heels!

Dressed up for a night on the town an adventurous couple wait for the light to change at Notre Dame Cathedral while taking a midnight bicycle ride through the streets of Paris. July 2002

Waterfire in Providence, RI

Wow, Providence looked nothing like this when I lived there. It was an odd, interesting place with a lot of strange little nooks and crannies that seemed to endlessly ooze bizarre and interesting characters onto the streets. It may be a lot prettier now but I'm not sure it would be as fun to come of age in today's remade Providence. Waterfire is a great time for children of all ages though, and you should definitely check it out on selected weekends in the Spring, Summer and Fall.

Rainy Night in Belgium.

Waiting for Michelle to get back from Italy, I wandered the wet, winding streets of Brussels, encountering a Congolese military marching band and a big official EU gathering in the Platz. July, 2002.

San Franciscan Nights.

The city begins to glow as the sun fades away.

Leaving the city, we cross the Golden Gate Bridge on a Friday night.