On the way to Lisbon, Ohio.
Mail Pouch Tobacco advertisiments were the early billboards.
There are only few around.
Jleon©2000

farmer's best friend.

Marion, fresh from Gemany. I made the faux background for

a music video I shot for Bernard Palumbo & Phillip Glass,

about the cauldron of ethincity in the Lower East Side.

Grady Alexis help me to paint it. The ad agency loved her photo .

Palumbo Taller. Lower East side. NYC

My friend Earl harvesting Soy at his farm in Zoar, Ohio.
He was really proud of his tractor. Working like a champ since 1967.

New York!! he said, hell no!...never been there..!

Laura, this girl had kind of a Vermeer look.
We had lots of fun but I haven't seen her since.
Here is the faux background again. NYC
Jleon©2000

Route 66. In Oklahoma on my way to Tulsa to visit

my sister and then to Tucamcari, New Mexico.
I drove the dam old historic road for miles.

In some places is in total disrepair . I crossed
the Missisippi river from Memphis to Arkansas

cotton fields all the way to Santa Fe.
Jleon©2000

The high desert. Santa Fe, NM.
On my way to Taos.
What a trip is this place!
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Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge bridge.

San Juan Mountains. NM/CO.

Taos, NM.

Sangre the Cristo Mountains. On my way to Alamosa, CO.

Purgatory, CO.

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Another Laura at my studio in Hoboken, NJ.
A hair product ad.

Liquor store, restaurant, city hall, sheriff hang out. Purgatory, CO.

Somewhere in the backroads of Pagosa Springs, CO.

The most incredible everything market in Taos, NM.

Chili Pepper. New Mexico's pride.
Jleon©2000

Melody at my studio in NYC.
Jleon@2000

A skyscraper worker. San Francisco, CA.

Two usual suspects. Haight Asbury, CA.

Pacific Ocean sunset. Marin Headlands, CA.

A hard hat woman. San Francisco, CA.

An old man. Venice, CA.
Jleon©2000

The birthplace of hippyland. Bolinas, CA.
Good times, good times.

Ghiraldelli Square and wharf sunset, SF, CA.

Couple shopping. Venice Beach, CA

Port of San Francisco.

Fisherman Wharf. SF, CA.

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Harvesting mustard. Sonoma, CA.

Stinson Beach. Marin County, CA.

The mustard protects the vine from the frost. Sonoma, CA.

Homeless man in sidewalk of Market Street. San Francisco, CA.

Wine cellars and flowering mustard. Sonoma, CA.

Every year Sonoma celebrates the Mustard Festival,

great place to eat, drink and have fun.
Jleon©2000

Red school and flag. Klamath, CA.

Vineyard and rainbow. Silverado Trail, CA.

Lamb farm and tower. Arcata, CA.
Jleon©2000

The Grand Canyon. South Rim, Arizona.
Drove from Durango to Mesa Verde to the 4 Corners
crossed the Little Colorado through a bunch Navajo towns
finally arrived to fantastic Grand Canyon by midnight.
A great place to walk in the edge.
From there to Flagstaff and next day to Sedona.
Jleon©2000