to my spouse, Barbara Purdom, for tolerating and even encouraging this hobby run amok
to my kids, for keeping me company on many of my expeditions
to Nate Gasser, for giving the collection its first web home
to my father, Tom Purdom for encouragement and moral support
to my father-in-law, Elmer Lamond, who kept pushing me to take the photographic end seriously
to a guy named Joey who took great pictures of statues he thought were homoertotic and linked them to my site.
He also had a collection of black and white self-portait nudes taken in front of Philadelphia sculptures.
His work has mostly disappered from the web but it used to be linked here
to L'Aura for her always excellent suggestions and occasional transportation assistance
to Megan Gibson for providing transportation for the Kensington, Frankford, Port Richmond, Juniata Park and Bridesburg pictures
to Todd Koser for providing transportation for Southwest and Northeast expeditions
to Michael Swanwick and Marianne Porter for providing transportation on a trip through Germantown and Chestnut Hill
to Susan Pierce for transportation to 31st and Lehigh, North Broad, and the Einstein and La Salle campuses
to Chris Paige who provided a wonderful home to the site on short notice and for many years after
to all the helpful folks who answered questions on the phone or by email
to everyone who has sent a kind word, written an article, given an award, put in a link, or offered a suggestion
and, of course, to all the artists, without whom there would be no point