Dean for America

Found this in the parking lot of a local movie theater. Howard Dean, #1…on the keys.

Emergency Piano Lesson

Just how urgent can a piano lesson be, I wonder? I also wonder if she came up with a better excuse for ditching school. You can see where she practiced forging her mother’s signature on the back.

Mysterious Photo

I found this at work (an office store that has a copy center) just sitting on one of the display furniture chairs. I took black and white photography in high school and college, and this looks like someone actually developed it themselves in a darkroom. I was trying to think of how they did it … Continued

Piano Man

I found this photo in the late 70s. It was in a box of papers that was being pitched out (we were cleaning up a practice space at Kenyon College). I’ve always wondered what character the Piano Guy was playing.

Havana Negatives

While walking down the street in Havana, I found a strip of negatives in the gutter, so I picked them up and printed them. I like the pictures because they’re not strange or dirty or seedy or suspicious, like many finds. They’re just nice; obviously meant to make someone happy.