Dennis Quaid--Movie Star wants to Rock!
Film actor Dennis Quaid hits the stage, playing guitar with his band, "The Sharks". He was easier to photograph than Keeanu Reeves, when I got the assignment to shoot that actor when he was in town, playing bass with his grungeband "Dogstar." Reeves kept his back to the crowd when the lights were up, and stayed in the shadows when the lights were down.
An interesting aspect of the human condition--that "grass is always greener" thing. Athletes want to be rock stars, rock stars want to be in films, film stars want to dunk in the NBA. Or some combination of these variables. Who can forget the travesty of hearing Shaquille O'Neal rapping? Or the hilarity of Madonna's failed attempt to recreate Wertmuller's classic Swept Away!
Perhaps it's a pathetic foible of the human folly--or perhaps ithere's a more optimistic statement on the inherent restlessness that keeps us all moving forward. Yes, it was silly watching Michael Jordan try to play baseball, but if the top athlete of the day, the hoop champion of the era. has to pick up a ballbat to find a measure of fulfillment--perhaps the rest of us can find vindication for our own hopes and fantasies.
Dennis Quaid--Movie Star wants to Rock!
Film actor Dennis Quaid hits the stage, playing guitar with his band, "The Sharks". He was easier to photograph than Keeanu Reeves, when I got the assignment to shoot that actor when he was in town, playing bass with his grungeband "Dogstar." Reeves kept his back to the crowd when the lights were up, and stayed in the shadows when the lights were down.
An interesting aspect of the human condition--that "grass is always greener" thing. Athletes want to be rock stars, rock stars want to be in films, film stars want to dunk in the NBA. Or some combination of these variables. Who can forget the travesty of hearing Shaquille O'Neal rapping? Or the hilarity of Madonna's failed attempt to recreate Wertmuller's classic Swept Away!
Perhaps it's a pathetic foible of the human folly--or perhaps ithere's a more optimistic statement on the inherent restlessness that keeps us all moving forward. Yes, it was silly watching Michael Jordan try to play baseball, but if the top athlete of the day, the hoop champion of the era. has to pick up a ballbat to find a measure of fulfillment--perhaps the rest of us can find vindication for our own hopes and fantasies.