Boston’s 2008 Santa Speedo Run

A team prepares to run the race.

Boston’s 2008 Santa Speedo Run

The extreme cold weather didn’t stop hundreds of Santas in Speedos from running down Boylston and Newbury streets at the 2008 Santa Speedo Run. The event raised more than $100,000 for charity.

A new way of working.

Another example from the series “a new way of working.” This collage is more refined than my usual work.

2008 Head of the Charles Regatta

 

Old and cranky on the Charles.

This year the temperature was seasonably cold on the Sunday of the Head of the Charles Regatta weekend. The wind kicked up occasionally and it felt much colder. I do not suffer the cold very well. I never have. At my age, I know I never will. But the thought of photographing his very, very special event got me off my ass and on the B Line to the Boston University West stop.

I also have less and less patience for the mass of photographers that seem to intentionally violate my personal shooting space. Enough said. Here are a couple of my photos from this year’s event.

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Mount Auburn Cemetery was founded in 1831. It was conceived as America’s first garden cemetery. The cemetery covers 174 acres, mostly in Watertown, Massachusetts but its main entrance is in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Above and below are two photographs taken in late summer.

Moving Day.

Boston is home to some 60 colleges with more than 250,000 college students. It is estimated that 13,000 live off campus. They all move into the neighborhood the first two weekends in September.

Portrait

A portrait of a friend and his highly unusual bike. The bike stops people in their tracks and has room upfront for two kegs of beer.

A new way of working.

This example from the series “a new way of working” is included in this years ARTcetera Auction. ARTcetera began in 1985 as a grassroots fundraiser conceived by Boston-area artists to help stem the tide of the new and devastating illness taking a toll on their community. You can view all the pieces included in the auction online, including mine, or see just my collage on flickr.

Along the top of the collage are several frames from an oversize contact sheet. The photos are of a naked boxer. They remind me of Francis Bacon’s paintings.

BoBo reaches 50

BoBo reaches 50.
A man. A backyard. A firepit. A beer in hand and a hat full of nips.

Boxer

From the series “Tough guys”.