Six months ago, I was 20 years old. That’s the first line in my book FILL THE FRAME.

Do I believe that?  The answer is yes!!!  A brief history – I took my first snapshot at age 7, sold my first photograph at 16, had my first real assignment at 19 photographing Peter, Paul & Mary, joined Time Life when I was 29, started my career as an advertising photographer and Illustrator for the Fortune 500 at age 36. 

I am the luckiest person in the world.  I should have been dead at least a half dozen times or more. Many of the greatest photographers helped me learn my craft and taught me everything I know.  At age 65 I took two words out of my vocabulary.  The words were “No” and “But.”  I bitch, moan, and complain and love every day I’ve been on this planet!  I have a relatively short bucket list.  I want to get a dozen images in MOMA before I go to that Darkroom in the Sky, I’d like to photograph the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.  In 1984 in L.A. I was a pool photographer for the IOC.  I would like to end my career the same way I started as a wide-eyed, relatively innocent, amateur photographer.   Health, happiness & fun.  Life Is not a rehearsal.     –  Joe DiMaggio