This image is of the late Dallas Mayr, AKA Jack Ketchum, the celebrity American author of horror. I met his publicist in Milan, Italy and I was asked to shoot some images on Dallas. On my next trip to NYC I called Dallas and we set up a shoot, not this one. The next year I called Dallas as I was going back to NYC and we set up this shoot. The good luck was I would be there very close to Halloween and the hobgoblins and goblins were all ready out and attached to the fence. I went by Dallas' home and picked out a few wardrobe items, including this wonderful B&W coat. The only directions I got from the publicist was, "Dallas smokes, drinks and writes about horrific acts, make him look like the part of evil." So I did. For a man that wrote about heinous behavior to other people... the man was a pussycat in person. Fun, funny, liked to laugh, liked to talk, enjoyed a small circle of friends and a gentleman.

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This image is of the late Dallas Mayr, AKA Jack Ketchum, the celebrity American author of horror. I met his publicist in Milan, Italy and I was asked to shoot some images on Dallas. On my next trip to NYC I called Dallas and we set up a shoot, not this one.

The next year I called Dallas as I was going back to NYC and we set up this shoot. The good luck was I would be there very close to Halloween and the hobgoblins and goblins were all ready out and attached to the fence. I went by Dallas' home and picked out a few wardrobe items, including this wonderful B&W coat.

The only directions I got from the publicist was, "Dallas smokes, drinks and writes about horrific acts, make him look like the part of evil." So I did. For a man that wrote about heinous behavior to other people... the man was a pussycat in person. Fun, funny, liked to laugh, liked to talk, enjoyed a small circle of friends and a gentleman. We shot several times over the years and he looked forward to shooting when I was in NYC.

Rest in peace Dallas.

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