My next big project

* Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond my control I will be unable to do this project, at least not with this particular family.


For those interested in what I have coming up as far as themes and projects I have decided on my next big project which will be an ongoing project.Hopefully this will begin in the next week or so.

I have a co-worker,Jorge,whose mother married her second husband Tim ,a United States Airforce fighter pilot a few years after moving to the United States from one of the most poor towns in Columbia.

Tim and Jorge`s mother live just a couple of miles from me.

When Tim got out of the Air Force he started a very lucrative business making parts for engines of all types and whatever other type or metal tool or part anyone needed.

Tim, missing the rush he would get while flying fighter planes, decided he wanted to build his own airplane and with the help of a friend still in the Air Force he came up with a design for the airplane. He began making all of the parts for the airplane himself.

Soon after he began his project he was diagnosed with Leukemia and had a series of strokes.Luckily the strokes were somewhat minor and he mainly just has a slight speach impediment.

However, his Leukemia has reached the point where the doctors can no longer do anything for him.

Tim never let this stop him and to this day, when he has the energy, he spends hours in his garage making parts and putting his airplane together knowing he may not finish it.

I am going to be photographing Tim throughout the building process as well as during everyday normal activities.Documentary style.

If Tim and the family permit it, this series may lead into his medical care and possibly the funeral.

Upon complettion of this project I will provide the family with a chronological album of the photographs.