Archive for January 2009
Friday at the Gathering
Click here to see more pictures of the 2009 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Look for audio interviews and radio stories go to A Time Travelers Dilemma.
Hal Cannon with the banjo.
Scotty Wilburn of Wylie and the Wild West band and his girlfriend Holly at the Pioneer Hotel in the Western Folklife Center.
Swing dance lessons
Dancing to Hot Club of Cowtown, a group based in Austin.
Ticket holder
Thursday in Elko
Portraits. I was photographing perfomances most of the day. Pulled these out here and there.
Wally McRae Check out his new book “Stick Horses and Other Stories of Ranch Life”
Waddie Mitchell and his wife Lisa, backstage.
Wednesday with the Cowboys
On Wednesday I accidentally formatted a CF card BEFORE downloading the images and spent most of the night waiting for softaware to retrieve those images. Yay Lexar Image Rescue software. The images were recovered. It looks like I was in the mood for mustaches when I made this quick edit.
Bimbo Cheney
Late night musical jam session at the Pioneer Hotel Saloon with musical professionals such as the Riders in the Sky
Smiling Border Collie.
Tuesday in Elko
“Adrian” who is 17, and Megan look out the window before Adrian performs at the Owyhee combined school on Shoshone Paiute Duck Valley Indian reservation in Owyhee, Nevada.
Backstage moments with the Quebe Sisters during the musical performance “A Ride With Bob: The Bob Wills Musical.” featuring such musical groups as Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel and the Quebe Sisters.
Off to Elko
Hello all. I have landed in Elko, Nevada for the 25th Annual National Cowoy Poetry Gathering. This is my 6th year photographing the Gathering and a special year since it is their Silver Anniversary. To view work of mine from previous years you can of course go to the Western Folklife Center’s home page or right to the official Gathering page which is part of their site (link is also above.) To view some of images I made at previous Gatherings click here.
The internet connection here at the Center Hotel is a bit slow (slower than any of the connections I experienced while in Senegal.) but I’ll do my best to post some work.
First shot is just a taste of the Sierra Nevada winter wonderland from the ride out.
Some Senegal Images
The following is just a collection of images from my travels over the last 3 weeks. Special thanks to the NGO Tostan, to the Peace Corps volunteers in Senegal (especially you Tenly and Nicole) and to the lovely people who live in the village of Saam Njaay.
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My last entry from Senegal
I leave tonight. Its my birthday and what a great day it has been so far. This picture is sunrise on the delta in Joal shot a few days ago. More pics to come but they will be posted from the U.S. Happy new year everyone.
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