Gabriel "Gabby" Daneault (center) eats breakfast at Fred's Diner in 1988 with Rudy Plourde (left) and Albert Bellerose. The long-time Allenstown selectman and State Representative died on March 20. He was 87.
March 21, 2012
It's been my good fortune to photograph many world-class musicians during their visits to Concord and the state. It can be at once a thrilling and frustrating experience. Itzhak Perlman, the famous violinist and advocate for the disabled, wouldn't play Concord unless he could walk on stage. (Perlman contracted…
February 25, 2012
Tommy Makem (right) and Liam Clancy play Concord around 1975.
February 24, 2012
Second Take
In the late 1970s, if I had to photograph aerials for the Monitor, I flew with Wayne Ferns. He had a quiet confidence gained over years of flying. He also had a fine New England sense of humor that could be tuned to the situation at hand. Coupled with a poker face, it could be formidable indeed. Taxiing out to the…
February 11, 2012
Wayne Ferns of Ferns Flying Service, Concord Airport circa 1978
February 10, 2012
Second Take
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar appeared on Broadway in 1971. It was a rock opera built loosely around the last week of the life of Christ as told in the Gospels. It spawned performances throughout the decade, from students doing shadow plays on a white sheet to full performances across the country.…
January 28, 2012
Second Take/ The lead actor in Jesus Christ Superstar - late 70's
January 27, 2012
Second take
Years ago, Epsom photographer Hans Wendler and I had a discussion in which he wished he could photograph people the way I do and I wished to photograph landscapes the way he had done with his 8-by-10 view camera. He once spent three weeks on the coast of Oregon waiting for just the right day. Who knows, it might be…
January 14, 2012
Windswept Farm, Canterbury November 2009.
January 13, 2012
After a morning surge voting was slow but constant in Salisbury.
January 10, 2012