Abdullah Ibrahim Zimbabwe CD

After high school Louie moved to NYC to pursue art and music. In 1980, armed with a borrowed camera, Louie set out to document the amazing visual wonderland of NYC street-art. While the graffiti scene was exploding and artists like Keith Haring were becoming sensations, Louie focused on street-posters and spent five years working on the POST NO BILLS series of photographs. Some of these pictures began to appear in various group shows around NYC, primarily in the EAST VILLAGE. Combining his love of photography and music, Louie began working in concert photography as well and was soon published in both SPIN magazine and The New York Times. During this period Louie studied photography at the School of Visual Arts as well as working at Horner Photo, a legendary architectural photography studio in Manhattan. With music his first love, and with his band Blue and Red, he started to perform at some of the worlds most famous and notorious clubs including CBGB's, Tramps and The Bitter End. He also co-authored seminal alt-country legend Kristi Rose's anthem Let's Make History. Louie returned to Milwaukee in 1990 and along with Rich Thomas, guitarist for NYC underground legends FLOORKISS, immediately formed the group CRIME FAMILY, releasing one critically acclaimed recording RUNNING IN THE RAIN. With the breakup of CF and the illness of his mother Louie once again picked up his camera and dove into the world of photo-art. Documenting the house he grew up in through a series of unadulterated snapshots entitled 'PHOTOGRAPHS FROM HOME' he achieved his greatest success yet in his photo career when two of these photos were entered into the permanent collection of the Milwaukee Art Museum. Louie continues to work on a number of series of photos.