https://alanlevenson.com/ weekly 1.0 https://alanlevenson.com/about-me monthly 0.8 https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/alan.jpg Me With my camera by the azelea bush.West Hartford, CT https://alanlevenson.com/contact monthly 0.8 https://alanlevenson.com/people-list monthly 0.8 https://alanlevenson.com/client-list monthly 0.8 https://alanlevenson.com/alan-levenson-gallery monthly 0.8 https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/sea_anenome.jpg Alan Levenson Gallery on Facebook An interactive gallery is now on Facebook.Please visit:<a href="http://www.facebook.com/AlanLevensonGallery" target="_blank">Alan Levenson Gallery</a> https://alanlevenson.com/%22fave%22-photogapher monthly 0.8 https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/digjrnl.jpg Digital Journal Ariticle I was picked as to be highlightedin a cover story.Nice. https://alanlevenson.com/the-plastic-love-phenomenon monthly 0.8 https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/Takeuchi_Mariya_website.jpg Mariya Takeuchi A moment in time, 1980.A glance, a smile, a click of the shutter.Thirty-nine years later an internet icon, a total surprise. https://alanlevenson.com/notable monthly 0.8 https://alanlevenson.com/fame monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/Takeuchi_Mariya_website.jpg Mariya Takeuchi A moment in time, 1980. A glance, a smile, a click of the shutter. Thirty-nine years later an internet icon, a total surprise. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/monique.jpg Mo'Nique She's big. She's loud. She's funny. She's nice. She didn't want to shave her legs. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/smith_wil.jpg Wil Smith He was one of those that you knew was destined for fame. Energetic, fun and willing to play. He came out wearing a gold chain and medallion. He didn't need it to shine. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/tilly.jpg Jenifer Tilly She'd get in the bath, but only in her underwear. Nothing wrong with that. A real woman. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/jobs.jpg Steve Jobs This photo was originally made on an intense pink backdrop and Steve wanted to know why pink. I said I thought it would be a good attention grabber, and he agreed to go ahead. Not long after, Apple came out with their intense color iPod billboards. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/spacey.jpg Kevin Spacey Hard working guy. He kept his word. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/crichton.jpg Michael Crichton Prolific writer Extremely tall His office was a modest cottage-style house in Santa Monica. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/love.jpg Courtney Love The apartment was a mess. She was pregnant. Kurt was in the other room calling doctors from the yellow pages. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/rathje.jpg Bill Rathje Garbage Archeologist Bill spends his time digging through land fills, discovering perfectly preserved specimens like the Apollo Landing newspaper he is holding. We took this photo during a lightning storm and lived to tell the story. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/steenburgen.jpg Mary Steenburgen A fine swimmer. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/simmons.jpg Richard Simmons He's my Marilyn. No, I did not see him naked. Decent Human Being. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/carroll.jpg Pete Carroll Great at what he does- no doubt. If only I could of asked him to teach me how to throw a perfect spiral. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/burton.jpg Tim Burton Photographed in a graveyard. Wardrobe and hair by Tim Burton. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/scharf.jpg Kenny Scharf The artist. Pictured in his psychedelic motor home. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/maher.jpg Bill Maher Who ever said having a talk show doesn't help you pick up girls? https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/davis.jpg Kristin Davis Santa Monica, CA I'm glad she got her break. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/trivers.jpg Robert Trivers Anthropologist He checked his watch in the classic "are we done yet" fashion. It was the best shot of the day. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/stipe.jpg Michael Stipe Taken when REM was just beginning to become known. They used almost no lighting for their performance on a black stage. And I had to photograph the show. Talented and cryptic. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/dunst.jpg Kirsten Dunst At that time she was a real cute kid. Willing to try and make it work. Close family. https://alanlevenson.com/fortune monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/yemenidjian.jpg Alex Yememidjian A smart dresser. He designs his own shirts with a trademark collar. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/lemonpop.jpg Lemon Pop They were young, they were making money. Ah, those dot com days. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/gates.jpg Bill Gates I said, "jump!" He said, "How high?" (Yeah, right.) https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/semel.jpg semel semel https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/armstrong.jpg Mike Armstrong He kept his word and met us at sunset, even though he thought he'd get a look of kidding about the Harley. (And he did get the kidding.) https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/koogle.jpg Tim Koogle He had reason to be happy. The stock was really flying high. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/dell.jpg Michael Dell Austin has the best barbequed brisket I have ever tasted. 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Playful and Brave. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/idei.jpg Nobuyuki Idei I really wanted to shoot in this spot - really bad. They all said it wasn't possible - the police, the city, and Sony. The day of the shoot, the city began a construction project in the exact spot. It was closed off by barriers. It wasn't busy anymore.The police lent us a stepstool and looked the other way. It was raining. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/doornick.jpg Ron Doornick Little Dutch boy turns into nice Dutch man https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/knight.jpg Phil Knight Founded Nike. It was 113 degrees when we shot this. Lying down was about all we could manage. https://alanlevenson.com/just-people monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/girl_peru.jpg Peruvian Girl with Rainbow She was walking on the road outside of Cuzco, Peru. 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Loaded with creativity and lack of sleep. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/immigrants.jpg Asian Immigrants The first hours arriving in a new land for a new beginning. https://alanlevenson.com/landscapes monthly 0.8 https://alanlevenson.com/cityscapes monthly 0.8 https://alanlevenson.com/commerce monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/twilightship.jpg Twilight Ship These ship are skillfully unloaded. Part mechanics, Part skill, Part art, Part plain old hard work. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/hanjinreflect.jpg Container Ship & Reflection Being unloaded at Los Angeles Harbor. The containers are stacked very high these days. The older height restrictions are out. Because they are stacked so high, more containers are lost to wild seas. The cost of doing business. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/gaspump.jpg Gas Pump Have you had your first $50 fillup yet? Yes! https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/refinery.jpg Bakersfield Oil Refinery Walking through an oil refinery you can't help but think of dinosaurs. Old oil. Old technology. A beautiful place at twilight. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/clean_energy.jpg Clean Energy Filling up a truck with liquid natural gas. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/oilspill.jpg Exxon Valdez Disaster The crew of this boat were fishermen, turned oil spill clean-up workers. They were setting records collecting spilled oil by scooping it up by hand. They'd rather be fish'in. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/containers.jpg Shipping Containers Piled high at the Long Beach, Ca Harbor, these shipping containers await their return to Asia. A real life result of the (im)balance of trade. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf27e037/images/tsukiji.jpg Tsukiji Fish Market The Tokyo Fish Market opens before sunrise. The Tuna auction is the main event. 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