​Not-In-The-Wild Wildlife (1) // Molokai: Surf, Sand, and Giraffes? These images were taken at the now closed 800-acre Molokai Ranch Wildlife Park. Once upon a time, vans transported guests over arid, desert-like plains that more closely resembled Africa than an island in the Pacific. Close encounters with giraffes, zebra, deer, turkeys and bighorn sheep among others, were the norm.

(Images scanned from original color transparencies)

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​War // Totally 80’s Flashback! Before heading off to college at Brooks Institute, I attended Los Angeles Valley College for a semester to scoop up a few general ed. credits, including an art class entitled “Modern Art.” We were given an assignment to depict “war.” At the time, the silly “cola wars” were kind of a thing, so I decided to have some fun with it and flesh out that notion in a photograph. I dismembered a Star Wars action figure (including weapons), attaching the arms to a pair of soda cans, and VOILA! Boy George was right, “war, war is stupid”…even if we’re talking about cola.

(Image scanned from a 35mm print)

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