I am pleased to say that I will have prints in an upcoming show at the International Center of Photography in New York titled "American Job: 1940-2011." The show is open to the public January 23, 2025 and will run at least through early May and quite likely through the summer. Let me know if you are able to see the show and any feedback will be welcome.

I am very gratified to say that I have had fourteen images from my work in the 1980's accepted into the collection of the Museum of the City of  New York. My creative life is more active since my cancer diagnosis; I am shooting more than I have since I was in my 20's and I am very grateful to be able to create new work from this current perspective on life, our country and our world. I will be posting this new work as I can make time for it, as I am also very much back to work in the rod shop, a labor-intensive endeavor!

On this part of my website you will see images from the other life I have led and continue to pursue, that of observer of the world around me as a photographer. My photographic work is represented in European collections including the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, France, and the Neue Sammlung in Munich, Germany as well as in university and personal collections in this country, the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, MA and the Museum of the City of New York.

Here you will find images some of which relate to fishing and many which do not; you will find personal documents, pictures of Americana, landscapes, city-scapes, and river and water images.

These images are now available for sale in print sizes from 8x10 to 20x24 inches or even larger for digital prints. Black and white images dated after 1991 are available in either traditional silver gelatin form, or as digitally produced prints. Color photographs and any work dated from before 1991 are available as digitally produced prints only, as I lost 25+ years of negatives in the Oakland firestorm of 1991.

Silver gelatin prints range in price from $975 to $2,350 depending on size.

​Digital prints range in price from $475 to $1,500, again depending on size.

Please also check back for new photos as I post them.

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​Rivers and Waters

The following photographs of waters and rivers are the result of over 40 years of looking at, into and through water, often while fishing, but also with interest in simply the question of what waters and rivers are. I began by photographing mostly urban rivers and streams near my home in New York State in the late 1980's such as the Bronx River and the Saw Mill River. Many of these photos have a cultural context, while others showing nothing but water surface and light moving through the clear surface, have an aim to question the nature of our physical reality as well as our perception of it. This can be a beautiful question. 

This work also includes images which reflect man's influence on flowing waters. This work continues here in New England with an emphasis on the mix of industry historically affecting our large and small waters. Waters are very much changing as a result of climate change, particularly with greater floods and droughts, changing the rivers and landscape. I am expanding this work concerning water to include the use of cameras up to 8x10 inches; yes, still shooting film...

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Firewater, New York Harbor 1965

Shin Creek enters upper Beaverkill 2002

Torrent River, NewfoundlandT 2002

Fishing Mural at the Cascapedia Salmon Museum on the Gaspe, Quebec 1999

River from overpass, Los Angeles, CA ca 1998

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Cairn's Pool, Beaverkill River 2020

Fishermen, Bronx River, South Bronx, New York ca 1986

Morice River, northern British Columbia ca 1995

Morice River, British Columbia, ca 1995

Neversink River Birches ca 2010

Fir Brook in Winter 2020

Bronx River, South Bronx, NY ca 1986

Long Island Sound, NY 1978

Cars Installed to Stabilize Banks, Big Hole River, MT 1974

Upper West Kill, Spruceton, NY 2011

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Muscoot River, Amawalk Outlet 2021

​Rods, Rodmakers and Rodmaking

These photographs are often personal in nature, depicting people, places and situations I have come across in my 50+ years in fly fishing and around bamboo rods. Now over 70 years old, these images are a bit of a walk down memory lane...

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Hoagy Carmichael in his old Bedford Shop

Sam Higginbotham and Jim Schaaf. Sam built the preliminary bamboo mill that I still use to this day

John Napoli casting Brandin tournament rod, Long Beach Casting Club ca 1997; available as digital print only

Wall of Fame in old El Cerrito shop 1998. I shared this shop with Mario Wojnicki until 2001 when I moved back East and Mario eventually moved to Alsace in France. 

Tom Moran at his milling machine in his Test River shop, 1995

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Tom Moran with a nice Itchen River brown trout caught by myself, 1995

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Tom Moran and Ron Holloway on the upper Itchen, 1995

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Shuttered San Pablo Ave Shop, El Cerrito, CA ca 2012

Tom Moran and Per Brandin at the lower River Itchen Fishing Hut 1995

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Tom Moran and Per Brandin on the River Itchen 1995. Tom has one of my 805-3df HB rods in his hands

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Edwards Quadrate rods were my early inspiration for building square section, four strip rods. Photo ca 1981

A very early seven foot rod showing the squared front with walnut check with typical in-house hardware and walnut reel-seat filler. ca 1985

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Grave of H.L. Leonard in Central Valley, NY 2005. The other side of the stone reveals that Loman Hawes, Ada Hawes, Hiram Hawes and Cora Leonard Hawes are also interred there.

Elk River Cutthroat, 1997

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One of my very favorite classic rods, an 8 ft. 6 in. Eustis Edwards from the 'Filbert Street era' in 1924

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Where is the Love? Graffiti on Bridge Abutment, Terrace, B.C. Canada 2021

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The Logan model 200 lathe which I still use for rougher work, while ferrule making and finer metal work goes to the 13" South Bend.

Dean River Steelhead, Upper Hodson's Camp, Brandin 9ft. 3pc #8 line rod. 1996

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A Twelve Foot Salmon Rod finished by Dana Gray on blanks by Sam Carlson. About as pretty a rod as I have ever seen. 

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Terenzio Flies, Tuscany, Italy 2009. These are tied by the same man who makes the wonderful silk lines. 

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Mr. Terenzio in his garage / studio about 2009. His silk lines are my favorites. 

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A nice steelhead from the Dean, taken on a hitched Black Bear Green Butt, ca 1995

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One ounce 6ft Leonard from the red wrap era. Photo 2006

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Big Falls Humber River, Newfoundland 2011

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Mario Wojnicki and myself with the Yuba River in background, 1991

The Long Island Project, 1978-79

The Long Island Project was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and Olympus Camera Corp. and I was honored to be one of the photographer selected for this work. Other photographers on the project included Mark Goodman, Elaine Mayes, John Gossage, Robert Adams, Eric Baden, Ron Morris and others, and the project was conceived and executed by Apeiron Photographic Workshops and its director, Peter Schlessinger. The basic idea was to document Long Island as a microcosm of post WWII America, stretching from urban centers, through suburbia to farmland, woods and fishing villages. We were also consciously incorporating our personal aesthetics as photographers to modernize (at the time) the concept of documentary work. The resulting images are now housed at Hofstra University on Long Island and at the Fogg Museum of Art in Cambridge, MA. 

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Office Plant and Woman Working; Olympus Camera offices Long Island Project 1979

Grade School, Shelter Island, Long Island, NY 1979

Cheerleaders, Shelter Island, Long Island, NY 1979

Office Workers, Grumman Aerospace 1978

Assembly Line, Endo Labs, Long Island 1979

Sod Farm, eastern Long Island, 1978

Ramona, Cafeteria Worker, Long Island, NY 1979

Plastic Human Model, Long Island, NY 1979

Guard, Brookhaven National Labs, Long Island, NY 1979

Softball players, Long Island, NY 1979

'Uncle Chewy', ​Poosepatuck Reservation, Long Island, NY 1979

Grumman Aerospace, Bethpage, Long Island, NY 1978

Classroom, Shelter Island, Long Island, NY 1979

Gas Station, Long Island, NY 1978

Boys Fishing, Long Isand, NY 1978

Older grandson of Mr. Treadwell, Poosepatuck Reservation, Long Island, NY 1979

Mr. Treadwell with younger grandson, ​Poosepatuck Reservation, Long Island, NY 1979

Grumman Aerospace, Bethpage, Long Island, NY 1978

Laboratory, Brookhaven National Labs, Long Island, NY 1979

Model Home Interior, Long Island, NY 1978

Planted Field, Eastern Long Island, NY 1978

New York City

I was hired in 1980 by the StellaRe Management Co. to create photographic art for their office walls and this project took me most of that year to complete. I feel it was some of the most inspired work I have done. Images from this work are included in the permanent collections of the  Museum of the City of New York, the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, France, the Neue Sammlung in Munich, Germany as well as in other and private collections.

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Window Washer, Fifth Ave. New York

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Fish Watches Man, Chinatown, NY 1980

Storefront Fifth Ave. New York

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Hare Krishna Chanting, Mid-twon Manhattan, New York

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Businessmen Walking, Mid-town Manhattan, New York

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Family on Subway, New York

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The Chimpanzee, One Species, Museum of Natural History, New York

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Crab Seller, Canal Street in Lower Manhattan, New York

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Hustle and Bustle, Mid-town Manhattan, New York

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Crossing Bowery Street, Lower Manhattan, New York

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Canal Street Gesture, Lower Manhattan, New York 

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Working on a Clock, Near John Street in Lower Manhattan, New York

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Bruckner Arcade, New York, NY

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Police on Bus, New York, NY

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Wall Street, New York, NY

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Window Shopping  New York City 1980

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Santa Claus in Window, Mid-town Manhattan, New York

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Woman Reflection, New York City ca 2012

New York Public Library, New York

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Library Steps New York City

From the Bus, New York City

Barclay's Bank New York

Amerika
These photographs come under the heading Amerika, spelled with a 'K' because that is how it is spelled in Sweden which is where I came from as a child. The 'K' also indicates that these photographs are the response of an outsider, a foreigner, an immigrant, slowly finding himself at home in this vast, varied, vibrant, ironic and inspiring country, landscape and culture. When I was about 8 years old my family took a cross- country trip from Toronto, Canada to the Rockies and California and all through the USA and that mode has stayed with me since then throughout my life. I would have trouble counting the number of times I have driven across this land, looking for mysteries of fish and photographs, pleased most with the unexpected. Many of the photographs you will see here are from these journeys, mostly by car. You will also see photographs here taken in response to the places I lived, and lived close to. 

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Parking Lot in western South Dakota 2007

Roy Baker at Home, Rock Creek, MT 1975

Mr. and Mrs. Vavra, Valley Street, North Tarrytown, NY 1973

Tunnel, Albany, NY 1972

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Caldwell, MT 1974

Fallen Aspens, Idaho 1974

Trailer, Wyoming 1973

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Houses for Sale near Bakersfield, CA 1990

Walking Home, Central Valley, CA 1996

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Casino Sign and Church, Crow Agency, MT 2017

Putter in town park, Santa Barbara, CA ca 1981

Truck Mechanic, West Virginia, 1973

Student, Apeiron Photo Workshops, 1973

Yonkers, NY, ca 1978

Hunting, Catskills, NY 1973

Basque Shepherd, Southern Idaho 1974

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Horse and Car Accident, Dutchess County, NY ca 1977

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Bird Skeleton, Tom and Carol Clark's housse, Belgrade, MT 2006

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Antelope Heart, Hwy 93 Northern Nevada ca 1996

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'Ghost Town', Battenkill River, NY 2021

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Boys in backyard, Tempe, AZ 1973

Young Men on Stoop, Hudson, NY 1974

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Electric Chair exhibit, Rhinebeck NY Fair 1972

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New Growth along the Firehole River, Yellowstone National Park, WY 2006

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Guard Rail Post, Cody, WY 2012

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Graffiti on Metal, New York, NY 2006

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Billboard, Wyoming 1973

Boys  with laundry, Woodland Valley, NY 1973

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Flooding I-684 Dutchess County, NY 1977

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Man leaning back into a planter, New York, NY 2006

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Mounted Game Heads, Southern Oregon 2010

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Tule Elk Crossing Road, Point Reyes, CA

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Outside Reno, NV, ca 1996

Sunny Day South of Santa Barbara, CA ca 1981

Belchertown, MA 1972

Mayoral Candidate, Poughkeepsie, NY ca 1973

Bakersfield, CA Oil / Riverfield, ca 1997

Washing the Car, Pennsylvania ca 1985

Car Wash, Santa Barbara, CA ca 1981

Crappie Fisherman, Florida 1972

Slag Heaps, Shamokin, PA ca 1975

Farm Fields, Montana 1974

Raccoon Hunters, Rte. 28, New York State 1972

Jersey Barrier Detail, upper Deerfield River 2023

Concrete Sign, CA / NV Border ca 1994

Graffiti and the City, New York ca 1998

Lit Plant at Night ca 1996

Double Exposure of Jersey Barriers and Landscape

Grafiti on Concrete and Stamped Metal, northern California ca 2015

Spotted Horse, WY 2012

Bar for Sale, Reno, NV ca 1998

Pyramid Lake Trout Wall, Nevada ca 1998

Graffiti on Bridge Abutment, Newfoundland, Canada 2024

Hallway, Ossining, NY, ca 1996

Graffiti on Torn Paper, 2023

Elevator, Lexington, KY 1993

Statue of Liberty, New York ca 1994

Outside the USA

Ireland Sheep 1982

​Personal Documents

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My Father at Artist's Point, Yellowstone National Park, 1992

Per Brandin in High School room, self-portrait 1972

Per at age 14 in Ennis, Montana 1967

Wading Odell Creek ca 1967

My brother Jan with Pentax camera. ca 1967

Our friend Jan-Åke with double-exposed baby. ca 1964

My father and I, and sometimes my brother Jan, floated the Madison River many times. Two guides hired by my father, Dick McGuire and 'Mac' MacFeeters taught me the basics of fly fishing on these trips. On our first trip down the river with Mac we were mostly spin fishing with Mepps and Thomas Cyclone lures, but I was starting to fly fish as well. After watching me fly fish for a couple minutes, Mac wades over beside me in the river and says "Kid, I don't see how you catch any fish." He didn't leave it at that, however, but proceeded to give me some pointers about fly presentation and dead drift. I was off to the races...