This past — what, it seems like forever — few weeks, I’ve been in Tulum, MX on vacation and then straight to Leon, MX for a shoot with Pemex. Vacation. The word sends images of swaying palm trees, endless white beaches, soft mosquito curtains billowing in the gentle Caribbean breeze. Plates of fruit for breakfast, […]
I’m tapping this out on my iPhone: but wanted to share why I enjoy working with Freeman so much. Just look at this team! Every event astounds me, every event proves how great they are.
Here’s a pic of Matthew, my partner, with a participant at Pemex, in Leon, MX. Who is having more fun? Or, in the language of esta pais: Aquí está una foto de Mateo, mi pareja, con un participante en Pemex, en León, MX. ¿Quién está teniendo más diversión?
I’m tapping this out on my ipad from Leon, MX: but wanted to share it. Every year my mom shoots ADL, the AntiDefamation League. Every year, she meets this lady who survived the holocaust. They’ve become friends. Here is the pic from today. Mom is on the right. A simple message from a group focusing […]
In honor of tomorrow’s annual shoot with the Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders, I’m telling this story…. Sometimes, when a new client calls, you take a risk. Are they looking for you? Or, are they searching for someone you’re not. ***** “This is Mike Gatty, the photographer.” “Hi, Mike, this is Barbara Zahn of the Philadelphia Eagles. […]
David grew up in a waterfront mansion, the product of one of the oldest families in Sussex County. The antique estate is Southern style, with three deep water docks and a pontoon boat tied to the bulkhead. Back during his childhood, Delaware was a segregated state — and David went to the “colored school” because […]
As some of you may know, Matthew and I take care of a special needs adult — David — who lives wth us. Or, do we live with him? I’m never sure. In truth, it was I who moved in with Matthew and David, not David who moved in with Matthew and I. While this […]
I was going to start a multi part blog post today about when I owned Cool World, my old aquarium store. But I still have more to say about Trabajo en Mexico, my job in Mexico. A post script. First, despite the brush with Policia Federales, despite my idiocy of losing my exit paper and […]
I fell into bed on the third floor of the Juan Peron Aeropuerto International (wait, that’s not the name! Juan Peron was Argentina….how could I ever make that mistake?) in the weirdest Hilton you have ever seen. Even the room lighting was weird. Fluorescent? I think? I’m not sure, but it was a blueish, greenish […]
When I was a little kid, my mom would be driving Izzy, the 1972 Ford Pinto, and I would be seated in the back seat. This was before Ford Pintos were recalled for spontaneously combusting. We’d go past a mansion, often an embassy — I grew up near Washington, DC, and going past the embassy […]