Paul Thek in the Surf, Fire Island

Students protest against Proposition 187, Los Angeles, 1994. Proposition 187 was a California ballot initiative designed to prevent illegal immigrants’ access to state-funded services, including education and health care. Implementation was blocked, and a federal judge ruled it unconstitutional in 1997.

A “rallye” party at the Jockey Club, one of Paris’s most rarefied private clubs, 1987. Associations of noble families organize these parties to allow aristocratic youth to meet others of their class. For such events the Association of French Nobility can provide formal attire as a charitable service to those who may not be able to afford it.

Polo match, Washington, D.C., 1990

A maid, orphaned as a child and taken into the household of an aristocratic family, serves a traditional Sunday lunch, Autun, France, 1987.

Fashion International

Butch and Buster

Man With A Pistol, Chicago

Spectators at a horse race, Le Pertre, France, 1987.

Self-Portrait with String Around Neck

Nude Self-Portrait Series #1

Tortola

COCONUT GRAVEYARD