some old pictures I took

Cassandra Wilson, Toronto, October 1990 I ONCE ASKED MY MOTHER WHAT SHE THOUGHT ABOUT BILLIE HOLIDAY. My mom lived through the big band...

Curtis Fowlkes & Roy Nathanson, Toronto, June 1990 AS I SAID IN YESTERDAY'S POST, IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO "GET" JAZZ. ...

Ronald Shannon Jackson, Toronto, June 1991 I WASN'T ALWAYS A BIG JAZZ FAN. It took me years to really understand the music, starti...

Claude Ranger, Toronto, July 1988 A CAREER IN JAZZ CAN BE A VERY FRAGILE THING.  Gigs are scarce and recording dates scarcer and whole ...

Dewey Redman, Parkdale, June 1990 MY PORTRAITS OF JAZZ MUSICIANS WERE MOSTLY TAKEN when I desperately wanted a career that nobody could...

Paul Schrader, Toronto, Sept. 1998 THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION YOU MAKE DOING CELEBRITY PORTRAITURE that every shoot is the only chance ...

Rebecca Hall, Toronto, Sept. 14, 2016 MORE OF MY PORTRAITS WERE SHOT IN A HOTEL ROOM THAN IN ANY OTHER PLACE.  More specifically, most ...