Ivory Coast, 1994
In many places in West Africa, gas is sold in one-liter bottles where it can take more than an hour to fill a car. In this case it took four men with one funnel, and one wine bottle almost two hours to fill up a suburban.
LaCygne, KS, 1983
Mrs. Carpenter, affectionately known as “The Egg Lady”, was the elderly wife of the town sheriff. She was known as the Egg Lady because she sold eggs from her farm.
Memphis, TN, 1989
A three-year-old girl peers out her back door in an apartment complex in Memphis that the courts had declared uninhabitable due to crime and poverty.
Memphis, TN
New York, NY, 1984
Eisie, as he was fondly called by friends, relaxes in his LIFE Magazine office. He is best remembered for his famous photograph capturing the celebration of V-J Day in which a sailor joyously kisses a young woman.
Memphis, TN, 1990
My daughter, Cassidy, on Halloween.
Independence, MO, 1972
LBJ and Lady Bird at President Harry S. Truman’s funeral in Independence, MO. Lyndon Baines Johnson—often referred to as LBJ—was the 36th President of the United States.
Jolo, WV, 1983
Lydia Webb and her family belonged to a small congregation that handled deadly snakes and drank poison in religious services.
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover. -Mark 16:17-18
Delaney, AR, 1976
Stacey, 90 years old at time of this photo, was married twice and had 12 children, 2 boys and 4 girls by each spouse. He gave each set of kids the exact same names, saying it was easier to remember them that way.
1976
The 40th president jokes with friends and members of the media aboard his airplane during the 1976 presidential campaign.
Germantown, TN
A man works with his horse in Germantown, TN.
Memphis, TN
Over the past 40 years I have witnessed countless house fires caused by fireworks, some resulting in fatalities, all resulting in tragedy. I took this more than 25 years ago in Memphis, Tennessee. I think of it often. This little boy burnt his house down playing with firecrackers on the 4th of July. He is seen with his mother, sitting on a neighbor’s porch as they watch their home burn to the ground. I can still hear him crying like it was yesterday.
This image was a full frame shot on Tri-X, with a Nikon F3P with an 85 or a 180 I believe. It ran 6 columns across the metro page of The Commercial Appeal newspaper.
Haute-Savoie, France, 2006
Climbers ascend toward the summit of Mont Blanc, the tallest mountain in Europe at 4,808 meters. The massive mountain overlooks the town of Chamonix, the site of the first winter Olympics.
Maury County, TN, 2006
Memphis, TN, 1977
The famed Jazz artist, distressed at the immense state of decay and neglect that Beale Street had suffered.
Memphis, TN, 1980
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong goof around backstage at the Orpheum Theater.
New York, NY, 1991
The Danish supermodel at Bill’s in New York City.
Warrensburg, MO, 1988
My kids, Cody and Cassidy, on their beloved antique tricycle.
Amarillo, TX, 1999
Harry is an antique mannequin from the garment district in NYC. A gift from Sports Illustrated photographer Lane Stewart. I took Harry on a road trip with my son on old Route 66 some years back, called it "Harry Does The Mother Road.”
Memphis, TN, 1980
Sales clerk enjoying her lunch hour at A. Schwab’s on Beale Street.
Memphis, TN, 1990
My children on Halloween.
Memphis, TN, 1991
Esteemed attorney, conservationist, and civil rights advocate.
Riviera Maya, Mexico, 2005
My friend Tacho’s glass-bottomed boat.
Eureka Springs, AR, 1976
A young boy weighs himself at the old Harp’s Grocery Store on Main Street.
1984
New Orleans, LA, 2001
Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, 1993
James Earl Ray, the man who assassinated Martin Luther King, Jr., was known by the warden and prison officials as “Mr. Smith” so as not to attract attention. When asked if he committed the crime, he responded by saying, “I didn’t pull the trigger.”
Memphis, TN, 2006
Renowned sculptor, artist and eccentric collector.
Portland, OR, 2019
Pyrenees Mountains, France, 2001
New York, NY, 1991
The Canadian supermodel once uttered the phrase, “we don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day”. She is pictured at Bill’s in New York City.
Memphis, TN
El Salvador, 1981
Memphis, TN, 1979
Joe DeCaro, my Italian landlord.
Pyrenees Mountains, France, 2001
Tennessee
Men fire a cannon at a Civil War reenactment in Tennessee.
Memphis, TN
A man lounges with his dog in Memphis.
Garita, NM, 1977
Garita, also known as Variadero, is a small community in San Miguel County, New Mexico.
New Mexico
The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad.
New York, NY, 1991
The former supermodel having a drink at Bill’s in New York City. She was the face of Almay Cosmetic and Ralph Lauren.
Leavenworth, KS, 1984
Massive walls, stretching forty feet above and below the ground, shadow a prisoner as he works out at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth, KS.
Memphis, TN
Burton Callicott is seen here at his home in Memphis. In 1937 he helped found Memphis College of Art and served as Professor Emeritus into the 1980's.
Pyrenees Mountains, France, 2003
Memphis, TN, 1978
Billy Graham preaches in a football stadium.
Memphis, TN, 1998
Polk County, TN, 2006
Memphis, TN
Lafayette, LA
Renowned artist and painter, Amzie Adams. This was taken during Hurricane Rita in Lafayette, LA. He is holding a painting of him fleeing Hurricane Katrina.
Arizona, 2014
Memphis, TN
Each year Elvis Week draws tens of thousands from around the world, including every kind of Elvis impersonator imaginable.
Eureka Springs, AR, 2011
My friend Peggy and her dog Snowball on her farm in northwest Arkansas.
Lille, France, 2005
A woman with her umbrella near the Grand Place in Lille, France.
Memphis, TN
Memphis, TN
A woman is arrested for trying to shoot her husband and then attempting to shoot the cops.
Denver, CO, 1974
A man rides a bucking bronco at a rodeo in Denver.
Sharonville, OH, 2016
Anti-Trump protesters at a Trump Rally during the U.S. presidential campaign.
Chama, NM, 1977
A rancher at a bar in Chama, New Mexico.
Memphis, TN
Ted Rust, famed sculptor and longtime director of Memphis College of Art, died at age 99.
Youngstown, OH, 2016
The old Republic Rubber Company.
Memphis, TN
Artist, musician, and friend, Lamar Sorrento, at his home in Memphis.
New York City, 1974
The Bowery neighborhood in NYC.
New York City, 1974
A man locally known as Panhandle Pete in the Bowery neighborhood of NYC.
New York City, 1973
Playing music and dancing around in Central Park.
New York City, 1982
Men smoke drugs in a back alley in the South Bronx.
Tucumcari, NM, 2014
Tucumcari sits along historic Route 66 and was once known as the Gateway to the West.
Memphis, TN
A young woman celebrates as she crosses the finish line of the Color Run.
Cleveland, OH, 2016
Memphis, TN
A young boy looks out through the bars on his window as it is too dangerous in his neighborhood to go out and play.
Memphis, TN
An abandoned brewery in downtown Memphis.
Memphis, TN, 1997
“My birthday comes when folks plant cotton. I forget when that is. I don’t worry about age.” Mamie Crawford rests for a moment in her three room home on the outskirts of Memphis. She was taking a break from feeding her animals and gathering firewood.
Memphis, TN
