"I know a lot of smart people, but you are smart and an original. A true original."

– Francis Ford

I always said to myself no matter what happend I would not grow into one of those people with a permanent frown on their face. After all I've been through with this quinolone reaction, it has not defeated my face. In this picture, I've shed my costume like a gypsy moth, BUZZ! and I'm busting out of myself like I am the costume. I'm a humanoid, hyper-kinetic goblin of fun, this is the creature I have become.

Click on page to enlarge. Francis Ford Highlighs Gallery Night & Day, Page 34, Shephard Express October 15 - 21, 2009

I am honored to be included in Francis Ford's Life Boat show. Frank's photographs have appeared in Rolling Stone, Time, The Chicago Tribune, and Spin Magazine. His portraits include William Defoe, Cheech Marin, and Richard Avedon. The concept of the show is this: if you were on a ship at sea that was going down, who would you want in your lifeboat? Keeping with this lifeboat theme, I will be appearing in the show in my surfing wetsuit like an aquaman of the strange.

Cedar Gallery
326 N Water Street
Milwaukee Wisconsin
(414) 347-0477

October 16 – December 5, 2009

Lookin' like an arrogant albino insectoid supermodel with a supernova-sized sense of entitlement, "I demand my own galaxy home of velcro!" Photo: Francis Ford. Copyright 2009 Francis Ford Photography.

Strung out from a laser-cock shot to the face like a coke-head from outerspace, check out the glowing green polarized-light nasal drip, SNORT! Photo: Francis Ford. Copyright 2009 Francis Ford Photography.

Squatting laser-cock bug shot to the camera lens. Frank was shooting-shooting-shooting and I ran out of stuff to do, so I started crawling around like a...bug. Duh, sometimes the obvious is the last thing that comes to mind. Photo: Francis Ford. Copyright 2009 Francis Ford Photography.

No, I'm not a construction worker! This is my midnight-ride skateboard outfit with custom epoxy slide gloves. That's right, while you're caressing your sweetheart at night I'm caressing the concrete at 35 mph, SCRAPE! Photo: Francis Ford. Copyright 2009 Francis Ford Photography.

Taking pictures makes Frank sleepy...very sleepy. After my photo shoot Frances Ford snoozed like a Francis Frog on a quilted lilypad couch making toad-like snoring sounds, SNORE...RIBBIT! Photo: Theodore J. Richter.

Frank's lifeboat list, I snagged this shot while Franky was snoozing. Photo: Theodore J. Richter.

Frank and I are from the same tribe fourty-thousand years ago, a tribe of hyper-kinetic goblins of fun! Frank is the master goblin here, feel the power of his frenetic photography fun! Photo: Zech Ehnert.

Getting the "thumbs-up" for being cross-eyed & crazed by surfing, photography, and performance art. Photo: Francis Ford. Copyright 2009 Francis Ford Photography.

Getting extreme at the Cedar Gallery. Fins slashing through the photography, I'm surfin' the fine art world on my 7'3" quad thruster! Photo: Francis Ford. Copyright 2009 Francis Ford Photography.

A wipeout of performance art! Bluring the lines between life, photography, and performance Frank and I improvised this impromptu performance art/photo shoot goof-off at the gallery. People didn't know what to think (see photo below), that's the fine arts baby! Photo: Francis Ford. Copyright 2009 Francis Ford Photography.

"What the hell is going on here?!" Unsuspecting fine arts patrons are left dazed and confused by the impromptu photo-shoot-within-a-photo-exhibit/performance art madness. Photo: Francis Ford. Copyright 2009 Francis Ford Photography.

Bob Watt rocks! I met urban legend Bob Watt my first weekend in Milwaukee nineteen years ago and was freaked out when he gave me one of his unshaven-bush naked woman poetry books. Tonight was no different, Bob gave me his new book, Fear No Art of crazy naked women photography and signed it: "To Frances Ford." Bob is not the most alert these days, but I am always super-happy to see this crazy old man. Photo: Zech Ehnert.

>> work in progress <<

Outline

Add Rembrandt reference and image. In Ways of Seeing book?

Remove black boarders on Frank's pictures. Get high res photos.

Get gallery photos.

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