Lawrence

I'm a PhD and one-time literature professor (UNL, 1968-78) who spent the '80s as a contractor/carpenter, then at the beginning of the '90s got interested in photography and embarked on a major project on the east bay street/squat/club punk scene. I had a couple of well-attended shows in late 2000, then dove back into my remodeling business for the next 3 1/2 years; during that period my only photography was going to shows on weekend evenings. I stopped photographing the street/squat scene and concentrated on bands and people at shows and house parties. Though there is a side of me that's shy and private and misanthropic, there is also a side that's a shameless schmooser. I am also a good listener. My pictures have hung inside the door of the Gilman club since '95, and they are throughout the book titled 924 Gilman. I've had enough pictures with bands' CDs and records that I've lost count (though it is worth noting that I've had pictures with almost everything that Mike of Oppressed Logic has put out). One recent record item is a band picture at Haz Mat house on the lyrics insert with the latest Deadfall 7". Before that I had a picture with a Born/Dead album. Voetsek recently put out a shirt with one of my pictures used on the front. Another shirt was put out in mid-'06 by The Cliftons using one of my pictures in which Will the singer is standing on the stage of the Arcadia Skate Ramp House, pulling his penis out of his shorts while a girl (who will remain nameless) pulls his pants down; under the picture it says Rock Out With My Cock Out. And the new Hammerlock album (titled "True Grit: The First Five Years) has a picture of mine as the main band picture on the insert. I've had Bay Area Scene band pictures in Maximumrocknroll magazine since 2005. My first front cover picture for MRR was Issue # 300, May 2008, which was a special Northern California issue. In Feb.-March 2006 I had a show at the PhotoLab Gallery in west Berkeley titled "Drunk and Happy (or Not): It's Party Time!" It consisted of 43 matted and framed 11 X14 fiber based prints. I'm currently assembling a set of 8 X 10 masters with book publication in mind. A SF film school graduate, Lindsey Waters, has made a 30 minute documentary about me and my photo work in the east bay punk scene, titled Take My Picture. The first showing of the documentary will be at the Gilman club, May 29, 2008. My web site is larrywolfley.com. Chris Sickdog put it together; check out his site: dogmalice.com.