Zeek's Eye

The Moment

2008-03-17T00:48:00.000-07:00

Photo date: Feb. 2008
Remembering: stepping out and seeing the beauty. capturing a moment in, of time.
just for the truth.

pure bliss

2008-01-04T21:59:00.000-08:00

photo date: October 27, 2007
remembering:
All the memories from day one. Three hearts one family.
two hearts,
one soul.

True Bliss

2007-10-01T20:27:00.000-07:00

date: July 2004
remembering: Santa Barbara CA, the first summer with Lizzie, and Tony.
Freedom to capture the moment, the emotion and all the feelings.

from a child's eye

2007-09-04T22:23:00.000-07:00

photo date: summer 2006 (before July)
remembering:
Houston & West Broadway
seeing, hearing, loving my camera

Oh, Kingsly

2007-07-12T00:14:00.000-07:00

photo date: September 2004
remembering:
my first experience in a recording studio. Not what I expected but I was in heaven.
10 hours of pure joy and torture. A memory to treasure, always.

motel light

2007-06-20T21:02:00.000-07:00

photo date: October, 2004
remembering: the beginning or the ending of a beautiful day. Outside of Nashville, TN.
Capturing the moment, the light, the genius.

Towers in the snow

2007-05-17T19:42:00.000-07:00

photo date: January 8, 1996
remembering:
my birthday. nothing better than a beautiful NY storm. As a kid, it always snowed on my birthday and I loved that. This time, 24 inches, alone, in the city, me and the lights. Capturing a moment in time that stands still, honored, forever.

Barn Prayer

2007-05-15T19:31:00.000-07:00

photo date: October 2004
remembering:
my favorite photo to date.
Capturing a moment, a lifetime, a friendship, a commitment.
all in the contrast of the light. black and white,
which I never got quite right, until that moment.
feeling, seeing that perfect moment.
a vision burned in my brain and on film.

I am breathing in god

2007-05-03T21:44:00.000-07:00

photo date: October 2004
remembering:
Outside of Nashville, TN, recording Universal Land, my first breathe with god. Eyes wide open, seeing the world and life again, for the first time, from a new perspective. With an open heart and soul, willing to allow myself and life to take me on a new path, a journey, I started creating my own reality and followed my bliss.

Now's Flight

2007-04-05T22:20:00.000-07:00

photo date: May 2005
remembering:
Learning to fly takes a lifetime. Catching the wind, falling.
Trying to find the sky, searching for a new breeze. To soar
on your own. Free. A challenge. Fly, try.

blessing in a full hand

2007-03-17T21:20:00.000-07:00

photo date: May 2000
remembering:
It's amamzing what hope and faith can bring to your life and the life of others. A testimony to time heals all. Keeping the faith, the hope and the light creates our reality. Keeping the faith, remembering to hope.

The future & NOW

2007-03-13T18:19:00.000-07:00

photo date: May 2005
remembering:
Searching for the future then, only to realize there is only NOW. I remember those past days on the beach in the Hampton's, to remember where I am now and where I need to be.

Thank You for the day

2007-03-10T18:01:00.000-08:00

photo date: March 30, 2005
remembering:
Looking back on that beautiful day of freedom, hope and passion reminds me of all the possibilities of the now. I am truly thankful every moment for the gifts of life and the journey I am walking. Ever changing and growing. Allowing the moment and accepting the change. A concept I have never accepted willingly. Trying with all my heart.

blessing in the palm of a hand

2007-03-09T19:58:00.000-08:00

photo date: November 1999
remembering:
Born 11/10/99, 26 1/2 weeks, 1 lb 14oz. I was on my way to Florida, to stay with my best friend Aim in the hospital, as she was bed ridden with a difficult pregnancy. When I arrived early that morning she had already given birth. 14 weeks early and a questionable future. Love, faith and prayer made this photo possible.

freedom

2007-03-08T20:06:00.000-08:00

photo date: March 30, 2005
remembering:
The long walk on the beach inspired my passion. The freedom to capture the moment enlightened my soul. These are the matches that light the fire within and express the true meaning of living in the now. How do I find it again?

alive on the beach

2007-03-07T17:23:00.000-08:00

photo date: March 30, 2005
remembering:
That day my soul was set free, flying with the wind, the waves and the passion. Feeling alive and capturing the moment, every moment, without a care in the world. Seeing, expressing my eye with every ounce of truth in my heart. It never felt so good or natural.

faith & the holy road

2007-03-06T19:15:00.000-08:00

photo date: March 30, 2005
remembering:
We had just picked up (paid for & saved) "Faith", Lizzie's 77 Spitfire convertible, a few days before and it was love at first sight for me. Cars have always been a passion of mine and Faith truly inspired me from the moment I saw her. I think I wanted her to see the road, the path. To help me grow through my journey. She set me free that day. Freedom to explore my eye and feel my passion. let my soul fly.

beach prayer

2007-03-04T21:50:00.000-08:00

photo date: March 30, 2005
remembering:
Pure passion and joy of the camera, the walks on the beach, the ocean and the freedom to express, capture the moment gave me the courage to wake up and take the journey.

Terri & me Sandyhook Beach

2007-03-04T07:44:00.000-08:00

photo date: November 1974
remembering:
Yesterday, Terri would have been 48. I dream of her often, but the night before last in my dream she was seeing the place I live for the first time. I knew we had been in constant touch and our relationship was fine but for some reason she had never been to my home. I said, I can't beleive you have never been here before and she replied you never invited me.

I need to remember to invite her always.

2007-03-03T22:30:00.000-08:00

photo date: June 2006
remembering:
This photo is more about the moment than the actual picture. After an amazing performance on The Wood Songs Old Time Radio Hour in Lexington, KY, I realized I had left most of our new album Cd's back in Columbia, MO. Angry at myself and feeling like a complete failure at my job, tony and I loaded the jeep in the rain. Moments later, this god is winking shined through the sky allowing me to remember the time is always NOW.

2007-02-26T20:40:00.000-08:00

photo date: February 2006
remembering:
A New York snow storm is my winter wonderland. It's never more silent, more breathe taking, more visual or more vibrant than the moment captured.

Sparty the mirror?

2007-02-25T21:40:00.000-08:00

photo date: 1997?
remembering:
I have been told that your dog is the mirror to your soul. What do I see?

2 little Indians

2007-02-22T14:31:00.000-08:00

photo date: March 2005
remembering:
It's best to begin at the beginning. But sometimes you remember there is something more
than order. The journey we travel has no bounds. Everyday is a new day and an old day all in the same breathe. So, I will travel in this story as I see or feel the moment. This moment was
an unexpected snow storm heading to the Boston area in late March of 2005. Taking advantage of the weather, my willingness and Lizzie's desire to capture the girls in all their glory in every setting, we ventured out to the back deck of the house and embraced the snow.

funck's and friend

2007-02-18T12:13:00.000-08:00

photo date: October 2004
remembering:
Same trip, same place. It was actually called Funck's Family Restaurant not Fred's.
Lizzie and our new military friend. We left him and his comrade with a few CD's of the single "19 Miles To Baghdad" to share in the barracks. It's hard to remember all the details of the trip that started this journey, which has lead me on the road for the last year and filled my mind with stories, my space with photos, contact sheets and rolls of undeveloped film. This is the start of documenting, remembering, editing and making some sense of my art.

stand-up for your rights! 19 miles

2007-02-16T15:23:00.000-08:00

photo date: October 2004
remembering:
somewhere on the same trip, from PA back to NY. I know exactly where we were. On the field next to the family restaurant we stopped at right before heading into NY. We let the dogs out to run and do their thing and to breathe, take the m0ment, to live in the present, and remember that it all somehow, made sense. We walked into Fred's Family Restaurant, after leaving the Midwest bible belt country at the out come of the election of 2004. Believing in
"19 Miles To Baghdad" we handed it out freely, where ever we were, where ever we went.
This moment we walked into the local family restaurant, and everyone sitting was wearing
camouflage, strips or a lieutenants hat. It was so surreal. A captive audience, a mission but
so un-intentional it made us shy. We spoke to a few of the soldiers outside and gave them the CD to share with their friends. This was a moment in time where I knew I was exactly were I was meant to be and everything happens for a reason...

snappy cool, maybe

2007-02-15T19:51:00.000-08:00

photo date: October 2004
remembering:
not one of my favorite shots, but i guess it has it's merits. I liked it at one time enough to save it on my computer. The remembering here is the beauty of traveling this holy road and constantly observing the outside, the surroundings and seeing an opportunity to create.
The photo opt not passed by. traveling with a soul that can also see or feel the vision.

Freedom Reigns

2007-02-14T15:24:00.000-08:00

photo date: October 2004
remembering:
This is one of many of my most favorite photos. Taken on the same day, same hour somewhere in PA on the hill. In real photo life it captures the most amazing blue sky and surreal setting, a perfect album cover for the average musician. But this is no average musician. Unfortunately the scanning does not capture it's true beauty, it actually looks like crap. That said, it still needs to be seen on this journey.

the perfect covered bridge

2007-02-13T18:33:00.000-08:00

photo date: later October 2004
remembering:
driving the road back to NY, seeing everything for the first time and having a subject willing to explore the possibilities of my eye. These are the manifestations of our mind... my mind.

Gas pumps on the hill

2007-02-11T13:42:00.000-08:00

photo date: October 2004
remembering:
same time, same place as above, before we were told to "get on and git"

2007-02-10T19:09:00.000-08:00

photo 1: October 2004

After a long walk in the woods today in upstate NY, with two of my closest friends and companions on this ever changing and growing journey, it was a mutual agreement that the time has come for me to express myself through the work I love most.
For the past 2 1/2 years I have been traveling and documenting, through my eye, the stones of the holy road. It is NOW time to share with you and allow myself to be the photographer I am truly meant to be. I hope you will enjoy these photos and the memories they spark within me.

"when your on a journey,
as the journey gets further and further away
you understand the journey is the journey"... Louis Westergaard

It's best to start at the beginning...

photo 1: October 2004
remembering:
Nashville, my first road trip with Lizzie West. Inspired by the music, the person, and the road
I was finally able to pick up my camera again with passion. Traveling 10-12 hours there and back allowed me time to observe, feel and grow.

This picture is somewhere in PA early morning on a no trespassing property. Caught by the owner and told "I think you all better get on and git".