"The Eyes of Texas" by Steve Fitch

© Steve Fitch 1974

In 1974 I was doing a project on rodeos.  Here, with a press pass, I am being chased 
by a bull at the Grand Nationals in the Cow Palace in San Francisco.  As you can see, 
the bull has me very much in his sights, and in fact did run me down, but fortunately 
I was not gored and sustained only a minor bruise from a hoof coming down on my 
calf.  I had made the mistake of taking my eye off the bull after a rider had been thrown.  
Fortunately, a rodeo clown grabbed me up before the bull could make a second pass.  
Steve Fitch, who was watching from the arena fence, caught the precise moment of
eye contact...

ALONG VERONA STREET

Verona Street #7

Verona Street #17

Verona Street #6

Verona Street #4

Verona Street #18

Verona Street #5

Verona Street #15

Verona Street #1

Last autumn I took a walk one morning along a street in my neighborhood 

and these eight images are from that outing... 

© roger minick 2012

A Spring Day in the Delta, 2008

Ryer Slough

Willow & Pear Trees

Irrigation Channel

Lane Between Willows & Pear Trees

Rows of Pear Trees

Ryer Slough & Eagle's Nest

© roger minick 2008

In the spring of 2008 my daughter Allison was in her third year at UC Davis and was performing in a

musical that I wanted to go see.  Deciding I would leave the Bay Area early and drive through my old 

haunt––the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, where I had photographed the series of black and 

white photographs for my book DELTA WEST back in the 1960s––I made a day of it photographing 

in color what I saw along the way.  Here are six from that day, a pretty good day for "keepers". 

Autumn Bloom

Photographing Arnold Newman – 1975

Arnold Newman Dyptich
© roger minick 2012
                           

                           In 1975,  during a weeklong Ansel Adams Workshop in Yosemite, I had the

                           good fortune to meet the portrait photographer Arnold Newman.  He and I, 

                           and several other instructors, were there helping Ansel Adams teach classes 

                           in photography.  One day several of us were hanging out in front of Arnold 

                           Newman's cabin and it occurred to me that I really should be photographing 

                           the moment. Here was one the world's most famous portrait photographers and 

                           when would I ever have such an opportunity again.  By this time I figured I had 

                           gotten to know him well enough that I could probably take some semi-candid 

                           photographs while he told stories and chatted with the students, so I asked him if 

                           he minded.  He shrugged as if to say okay.  Keep in mind that this is the man who 

                           invented environmental portraiture, and who always worked with a large format 

                           camera and tripod, so for him to see me start clicking away with a 35mm, circling, 

                           trying to remain invisible––the exact opposite of the way he approached photo- 

                           graphing people––I figured it was only a matter of time before he made some 

                           comment about my method of working.  Well, as it turned out, his comment 

                           was not verbal but came in the form of a gesture.  After a few minutes, he 

                           suddenly raised a finger  (pretending anger) and lunged toward me with an 

                           outstretched hand.  To which everyone in attendance, including myself, had 

                           a good laugh... 

       
                           

METRO 704 X4, LA

Metro 704 #2

Metro 704 #19

Metro 704 #5

Metro 704 #7

Metro 704 #20

Metro 704 #6

Metro 704 #1

Metro 704 #13

Metro 704 #12

Metro 704 #11

Taken with an iPhone
© roger minick 2012

SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST – 2008 Road Trip

Canyonlands, Utah

The Narrows, Zion, Utah

Monument Valley, Utah

Checkerboard Mesa, Zion, Utah

Marble Canyon, Arizona

Bryce Canyon, Utah

Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde, Colorado

Petroglyphs, Canyonlands, Utah

Pony Fire Aftermath, Wetherill Mesa, Colorado

Arches, Utah

North Rim of Grand Canyon, Arizona

© roger minick 2008

All images taken with Canon 5D