You may use any of my images in accord with my Creative Commons licensing. Please give me byline credit, and if you can, hyperlink my byline back to the original image page or my main photostream page. My images have been published in a number of online publications throughout the world. Permission must be obtained for use in any major commercial enterprise, as in accord with my Creative Commons license. You can contact me at: Russ Loar@yahoo.com

I was a musician and songwriter for 15 years, then returned to college and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism. I was a newspaper reporter for another 15 years, my last years writing for the L.A. Times.

I write poetry and prose with publication on and offline in some of the most obscure literary journals and anthologies in the world.

My photos in chronological order from newest to oldest: