SMILING FACES published today at blurb.com

SMILING FACES Car & Truck Grilles is my newest book. 176 photographs of classic & antique cars and trucks, hot rods, junk heaps, rat rods, etc. These cars & trucks have amazing "smiling faces" if you look closely.

Preview at http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1402259 to see sample images.

TREES & THINGS published at blurb.com

My newest book, TREES & THINGS, was published at blurb.com. This book has 219 photographs of "topped" trees, poles, vines, signs, abandoned buildings, leaves, fences, dogs, and other things that I've photographed recently. This is my newest book in the Roadside Attractions series.

You can see a preview of the book here:

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1240212

JAPAN {BITS & PIECES}

JAPAN {BITS & PIECES} is a small collection of photographs made during a trip to Japan in July 2009.

442 photographs, 7"x7" square format, 120 pages.

http://www.blurb.com/books/1203011

STOP published January 27, 2010

STOP is a collection of rusty, abused, bullet-ridden, faded, broken STOP signs that I have found along back roads and major highways. 7"x7", 80 pages.

This is the newest addition to my ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS series of photo books.

Other books in this series: 

DOG TRADE 

LITTLE BUILDINGS 

DANGEROUS CURVE

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1160814

Flickr site updated

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelalvis/sets/72157622993104269/

New Year's Day was spent uploading a lot of old & new photos to my flickr page.
I hope you'll take the time to peruse some of the photos.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

flickr site reactivated today

My flickr site had become inactive, so I reactivated it today so I could share some photos from various travels and projects. I'll try to upload a lot of new photos soon. Click here for my flickr site.