Portraits

These are some of my favorite portrait shots I've taken through the years. - R.G.

“Mimi” Betinis

John Anthony West

Richard Smoley

Normandi Ellis

Stan Brakhage

David Lynch

Laurence Hillman

Lynne Wachowski

David Byrne

Judith Wiker

Shelly Trimmer

Goswami Kriyananda

Elaina Raspolich

Richard and Yvonne Tarnas

Kenneth Anger

My father, Raymond Grasse

Marcus Grasse

93-year old artist I met in Kyoto in 1982 (whose name I’ve since lost!)

Tom Palazzolo

Vincent Price, 1965.

Caroline Tawangyawma, Hopi elder

Bill Kavanagh

Siri, Elle, and Magne Oftedal

Self-portrait, 2024

Ray Grasse is a writer, photographer, and astrologer living in the American Midwest. He is author of ten books, most recently In the Company of Gods and So, What Am I Doing Here, Anyway? His websites are www.raygrasse.com and www.raygrassephotography.com.