Category: love

in 2009 i traveled to SALVATION MOUNTAIN in the south desert region of california near slab city, niland + not too far from the salton sea. it’s the kind of place you go when you don’t want to be found. a group of us drove down there for a shoot + were honored to have the opportunity to meet LEONARD KNIGHT, creator of the famed mountain + folk art monument .
he formed the massive sculpture by covering bales of hay + dirt with concrete + paint. decades on it rose high in the sky, covered with bible verses conveying the message of universal love.
sadly, LEONARD died this week, but his beautiful gift to us all lives on.

thank you to CHRIS STAMP for capturing this moment of me capturing another.

we stopped in slab city for lunch + met some kind souls.

you will be missed, LEONARD.

*update: the boys swept every category they were nominated for.

this is what it looks like when nice people succeed. could not be happier or prouder for my good friends PETER FRANCO + TODD EDWARDS for all their hard work + expert musicianship being honored with nominations tonight at the 56th GRAMMY awards for their contributions on the DAFT PUNK record RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES.

and of course, to the robots themselves + another collaborator, DJ FALCON aka STÉPHANE QUÊME, congratulations. get ready to party our asses off tonight boys!

Okay, we didn’t work, and all
memories to tell you the truth aren’t good.
But sometimes there were good times.
Love was good. I loved your crooked sleep
beside me and never dreamed afraid.

…
I forget the reason, but I loved you once,
remember?

Maybe in this season, drunk
and sentimental, I’m willing to admit
a part of me, crazed and kamikaze,
ripe for anarchy, loves still.

— excerpt from “one last poem for richard” by SANDRA CISNEROS