DJ Mona-Lisa
Image by DJ Mona-Lisa
My latest photo was taken in Ocho Rios-Jamaica by my cousin, Trevor Purcell who only has one eye; Im delighted to share it with you-it means a lot to me!
Celebrity EQUINOX
Image by Harry-Harms
The Celebrity EQUINOX, a cruise liner was built at the Meyer Werft in Papenburg Germany. This more than 200 years old shipyard started building large cruiseships in the 1980's. However, the shipyard is situated on the river Ems some 50 km inlands from the sea. The depth of the rain fed river proved to be a limiting factor for the size of the ships built. To eliminate this bottleneck, a lock was built in the mouth of the river and everytime a cruiser is finished, the lock is closed until the waterlevel is high enough for the ship to pass safely to the sea. Nonetheless, this is still a precarious operation which normally starts at midnight and ends some twelfe hours later when the ship leaves the river . The ship is towed backwards by a tugboat. Another tugboat is attached to the front for precise manouverability. In the narrower parts of the river and when passing bridges the speed is less than walking speed. In the picture above, the Celebrity EQUINOX passes the Jann Berghausbrücke at Leer at 6 AM with very little room to spare on both sides.
Michael Jackson gives autograph
Image by Alan Light
Early February, 1988 around the pool at the Kahala Hilton hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii
Michael had just signed an autograph for my friend Don and is handing it back to him along with the pen. Don later gave me the autograph, which I still have. The young girl at left, who was from England (her father can be seen at right), also got an autograph from Michael. You can see her holding it. I am not sure if her autograph has been signed already or is about to be signed. I don't remember the order in which the two autographs were signed. I was concentrating on focusing the 35MM camera in very low lighting conditions.
Photo taken at the Kahala Hilton Hotel, early February 1988 - Michael Jackson signing an autograph. The hat Michael is wearing says "Kahala Hilton," which is the name of the hotel he and we were staying at. This photo was taken after dark around the deserted swimming pool area of the hotel.
Today the hotel is known as the Kahala Resort
kahalaresort.com/
NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Thanks.
Bill Gates at CES 2007
Image by Domain Barnyard
Bill Gates is the pre-show keynote speaker for the CES (Consumer Electronics Show), in Las Vegas, Nevada. He unveiled the latest plans for Microsoft Corporation.
For the complete transcript, go to:
www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/speeches/2007/01-0...
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