yoga, meditation, lush gardens, intoxicating odors,
the evocative, meditative sanctuaries, fasting, fast pedals, theatre-
writing and performing- all go quite far in describing Avi.
purple sneakers are my signature. purple passion,
viburnum judii, sugar magnolia,
lavendar lilac, the sweet,
the erotic, the fecund...

these photographs are the beginning...
i am currently shooting with a canon digital rebel XT. i have a couple of lenses providing a focal capacity of 18mm to 200mm. i liked what i saw in the canon A75 which preceded my rebel. it was a gift certificate purchase, and lasted two trips to mexico, countless times around the garden, to and from eli's daycare and many other places around town. the camera caused me to think out of the box- there were such easily identifiable inadequacies- so that when the pacific ocean lapped over the bag the camera was in, rendering it water logged, when i went to replace it, i knew exactly what i didn't want. i hesitated not a wit, and got me a digital SLR.

so much of my photographic life though is on slidefilm. fortunately they are very well organized, and accessible, and as time allows, i will scan and upload them to this site. i began film based life on a pentax K1000. after years and years of service that camera became missing in action, left in the backseat of a cab circling prague. i replaced it with another pentax, an ME which worked either manually or automatically. eventually i tired of this camera and had an opportunity to replace it with another K1000 a friend found at a camera show. the pentax seems to have led me to the little digital canon A75, and that water soaked remnant led me to the digital rebel. at the moment i cannot imagine returning to film anytime soon- there is far too much to learn in the digital world.

having my son's work on this site excites me. he has a great eye and he has become very passionate about using his new camera, a kodak C533. eli's photographs are in the family gallery below.