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Nasir Al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran, also known as Pink Mosque

Spinning at the Nasir al-Mulk Mosque in Iran

The Nasir al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran, was built during the Qajar dynasty by the order of Mirza Hasan Ali Nasir al Molk in 1888, which is famous for its magnificent interior decoration. The kaleidoscopes of gorgeous colors especially in…

25 Oct

Gorilla Trekking in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Gorilla Trekking in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Almost half of the planet’s remaining mountain gorillas live within the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. It’s one of only three locations left in the world where people…

06 Aug

RadicalZoo – a streamer before its time

A Brief History about RadicalZoo I created RadicalZoo Entertainment in 1998 as “The outsider independent entertainment network.” To create a medium that blurred the line between traditional entertainment and e-commerce by producing a combined unique shopping and entertainment experience. The…

18 Sep

Adoration of Art

In this short film Adoration of Art, I captured individuals and crowds looking at famous works of Western art in the world’s most popular museums. While looking at the “Adoration,” viewers are confronted with the act of looking itself and…

31 May

Urban Farming at Wattles Community Garden

Wattles Farm started in 1975, is one of the oldest surviving community gardens in the City of Los Angeles. It was among the first gardens that started under then Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley’s initiative to use public lands for…

19 Apr

David Hockney’s Pearblossom Highway

In 1986, David Hockney created the photographic collage Pearblossom Highway, 11-18th April 1986, #2. It is a unique interpretation of his California road trip on a stretch of highway, CA 138. About David Hockney’s Pearblossom Highway The scene is not…

06 Mar

Bourbon Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

If you’re looking for a fast and easy way to make decadent cookies that will have your friends and family asking for seconds, then look no further than my famous bourbon chocolate chip cookies. Even the jaded Urban Farmers at…

22 Feb

Honcho Magazine

Honcho Magazine 1970s – 1980s A walk down memory lane with Honcho, the vintage gay magazine. George Mavety’s Honcho magazine was a gay magazine that he created in the 1970s, and it stayed at the forefront of gay culture until…

14 Feb

New York Times article about my streaming platform I created in 2001

ON a Sunday night in February, in the second-floor lounge of a West Houston Street bar called Madame X, two dozen twentysomethings sit on a bank of red velvet couches sipping cosmopolitans and highballs. As they chat amid candles and…

18 Oct

Our busy little beaver

A new beaver has started to build dams on the stream where our house is, and in just one week, the beaver has already significantly impacted the environment. So we set up a backyard webcam to see if we could…

30 Aug

Dog best friends play tug of war

It’s a battle of wits in this dog-eat-dog fight to the end. Millie and Felix, the best dog friends, love playing tug of war with each other. They love to play dog fight and especially love to play tug of…

06 Mar

Set Design for Theater and Film

My early work as a set designer. Here are some models and drawings for produced and unproduced works. Life of Galileo Life of Galileo is regarded as one of the German playwrights Bertolt Brecht’s greatest masterpieces. The play follows legendary astronomer…

25 Oct

Gorilla Trekking in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

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