walkabout street and portrait photographer
Mission accomplished. I have photos of Det. James Leavelle at the Dallas Municipal Building (a.k.a. the old Dallas Police Headquarters). The Holga shots are yet to be developed. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed that all goes well this those pictures too.
More on this photo shoot coming soon. Cheers.
I spent an hour or more getting ready for my photo shoot at the Dallas Municipal Building, formerly the Dallas Police Headquarters. The shoot will be in the basement where Lee Harvey Oswald was shot and the fifth floor where Oswald was jailed. I will have former Dallas Police Det. James Leavelle on hand as a model for the shoot.
Det. Leavelle has graciously agreed to pose for some photos. We are planning on taking great care of Det. Leavelle, who is 90 years-old.
For those who don’t know, Det. Leavelle was handcuffed to Oswald when he was shot by Jack Ruby in the basement of the Dallas Police Headquarters. He is in the famous photo by Robert Jackson. Continue reading “Testing, Testing, One, Two, Three”
I was photographed yesterday by Jerry McCarthy from The Dallas Morning News for the feature article by David Flick.
I met Jerry outside the front gate of the Emanu-El Cemetery at 3430 Howell Street in Dallas. There are several small cemeteries in that same location. I had to call Jerry to see if he was lost. He was close.
The Dallas Morning News wanted to get me in action. I told them I needed to do retakes for Abraham Zapruder, the amateur filmmaker who filmed Kennedy’s assassination. The News agreed this would be a good photo opportunity. They did not want me to fake a photo shoot for the article. Continue reading “Photographed by The Dallas Morning News”
Yesterday, I was interviewed by David Flick, featured writer for The Dallas Morning News, about Death By Holga: 11.22.63. We met at Jason’s Deli near Mockingbird Station in Dallas.
Continue reading “Interviewed by The Dallas Morning News”
Dallas Municipal Building
2014 Main Street, Dallas, Texas
I did a walk through of the Dallas Municipal Building (DMB) to check out the basement where Lee Harvey Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby. I want to see if the location is really worth photographing.
In order to film at the DMB, I need to submit an application with $50 fee, have proof of insurance and pay $35 per hour for a security escort. The fee and the security are easily handled, but the insurance will cost $300 plus for a year policy. This is going to be one expensive photo. Continue reading “Dallas Municipal Building, Former Dallas Police Headquarters”
I am planning a short hop around our great country to get some of the outlying people who are important to the Kennedy assassination story. The most notable are Walter Cronkite in Kansas City, Jack Ruby in Chicago, Air Force One in Dayton and Jim Garrison in New Orleans. Continue reading “Kansas City to Chicago to Columbus to New Orleans Round Trip”
It was a beautiful Sunday with a bank of clouds rolling across the sky. I actually prefer shooting graves on cloudy days because I cast less of a shadow on my work.
Today’s find is Captain Max E. Causey, U.S. Air Force. Capt. Causey was the foreman on Jack Ruby’s jury. Ruby was convicted of shooting Lee Harvey Oswald in the basement of the Dallas Police Headquarters, now the Dallas Municipal Building.
The instructions on Find A Grave for finding Capt. Causey were simple enough. His grave marker was located on the east side near the front. The Odd Fellows Cemetery near Caddo Mills is divided like a compass with the main roads running north, south, east and west. Continue reading “Capt. Max E. Causey at Odd Fellows Cemetery”
Congressman Sam Rayburn
Saturday, April 21, 2011, I headed up to Bonham, Texas to find Congressman Sam Rayburn. Congressman Rayburn is buried in Wild Willow Cemetery in the center of Bonham. The best way to get there is by taking the Sam Rayburn Tollway (formerly State Highway 121).
Shortly after entering Bonham, I noticed signs for the Sam Rayburn Library and Museum and the Sam Rayburn house. I’m starting to think Congressman Rayburn was somebody important. Continue reading “Congressman Sam Rayburn and PFC Kenneth Lyon”
My JFK Project, Death By Holga: 11.22.63, is getting stranger or more unusual by the day. After hearing about Lee Harvey Oswald’s coffin being up for action in California, I gave Baumgardner Funeral Home in Fort Worth a call. Continue reading “Allen Baumgardner, Assistant Embalmer for Lee Harvey Oswald”
I learned that Lee Harvey Oswald’s original coffin will be auctioned off in California. This is a bizarre piece of news, but it is true. Continue reading “Oswald’s Coffin at Auction”