LAPD Estate Sale
Estate sale of a Vietnam War vet and retired LAPD officer. For more of my photos, follow me on Instagram.
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Tarzan(a) Is Calling Me
“I wanted to see this house because it was the house where Thelma Dickinson’s character in Thelma & Louise lived.” In my latest newsletter, I explore Tarzana in the San Fernando Valley. Subscribe to get it every week.
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When Pornographers Were Kings
Adult actress in the grass, Los Angeles, Calif., 2001 | Photo credit: Susannah Breslin
One of the books I’m working on at the moment is a book-length work of narrative nonfiction. The title is: When Pornographers Were Kings: A History of America’s Most Notorious Business. More to come soon …
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Fables of the 818
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One of the books I’m working on at the moment is a short story collection. The title is: Fables of the 818. The interrelated stories take place in the San Fernando Valley—at strip clubs, porn sets, and massage parlors.
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Photo City
Photo City, Studio City, Calif., 2025 | Photo credit: Susannah Breslin
Photo City, in Studio City, California, is a great place to get passport photos (if you’re me) and film developed.
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Novel-in-Progress: 25,000 Words
At 25,000+ words, I’m nearly halfway through my novel-in-progress, which is set in the adult movie industry.
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The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight
The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight at Sherman Oaks Antique Mall. For more photos, follow me on Instagram.
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Iglesia Evangelica Pentecostes
A faded church on Vanowen Street in Van Nuys, CA. For more of my photographs, follow me on Instagram.
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NoHo in Yellow
Some yellow art in a parking lot in North Hollywood. For more of my photographs, follow me on Instagram.
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Books I Read in 2024: The Valley
The Valley by Larry Sultan is one of my favorite photography books. A gorgeous, evocative, moving chronicle of life in the San Fernando Valley's adult movie industry by the late great Larry Sultan. Includes a front of the book essay by Sultan that interweaves his youth in the Valley and being on the sets of adult movies.
Books I Read in 2024: Victory Parade, I Hate Men, My Friend Dahmer, The Crying of Lot 49, Machines in the Head, Big Magic, The Valley, End of Active Service, An Honest Woman, The Money Shot, Atomic Habits, Finding Your Own North Star, Crazy Cock, Sigrid Rides, Your Money Or Your Life, The Big Sleep, Eventually Everything Connects, Smutcutter, Shine Shine Shine, A Serial Killer’s Daughter, Confessions of a Serial Killer
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Estate Sale (Green)
A shot from an estate sale in Encino, CA. Follow me on Instagram for more of my life in L.A. photographs.
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Canoga Park
Two porn stars shoot a scene in Canoga Park in the San Fernando Valley. Photographed by me in April 2009.
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Pink Fishnets
I took this photograph of a porn star on the set of an adult movie in Woodland Hills, CA, in the spring of 2009.
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Black and Clouds
Clouds over a black mirrored building in Encino. Follow me on Instagram for more of my photographs.
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Blue Mannequin
A blue backyard mannequin in Lake Balboa. Follow me on Instagram for more photos from my life in L.A.
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Retro
Vintage tech at a Valley Village estate sale. Follow me on Instagram for more photos from my life in L.A.
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Cold Drinks
A vintage furniture store in North Hollywood. Follow me on Instagram for more photos from my life in L.A.
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Porn Valley Dreams
In Porn Valley, the fantasy never ends.
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An excerpt:
Yesterday, I found myself driving around in North Hollywood and realized I was near a shooting location where I’d watched a certain kind of extreme adult movie getting made many years ago. It was a curious place at a curious time, and as I drove down the street, I remembered what it was like to come around the corner at dusk, to see the oversized security guard outlined from the light spilling out from the doorway, to stand on the sound stage and see what men did behind closed doors.
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