In 1963 my grandfather Captain Tony took over the oldest bar in Key West Florida it was actually called that it was off-limits to all military personnel crazy prostitution and gambling upstairs a lot of smugglers criminals would hang out there four pool tables inside on the right a great stage for entertainment and drag shows my grandfather fell in love with it right away he was already a smuggler and he loves women and gambling I started working for him there in 1976 It was still pretty crazy

20 total strangers that walked in front of my camera July 20, 2012 New York City

One of my favorite Keith photographs 1978 ninty pound bales of Columbian Carried out by the local sheriff with captain Tony T-shirts on a bunch of M-16s and the prisoners from the county jail helping to unload That weed was really amazing there is so many stories behind this photo

The guy on the left I saw him working the street for years and his new friend is so proud of the Beautiful woman he has with I guess love is blind he certainly is

Love this photo I took 3 o’clock in the morning Pennsylvania train station New Year’s there is couples all over the place that missed the train I like the cell phone in front of them

You have to love the guy Captain Tony he fleas Elizabeth New Jersey to hide out in key west because there was a contract out on him 40 years go bye he becomes a famous smuggler gambler womanizer and then becomes a mayor of Key West the city of Elizabeth flies him up to be the Grand marshal of their Columbus Day parade I was hired as the bodyguard and photographer

Before Mr. Ben was famous

Canal St., Chinatown New York City 2008 a random person walking down the street my son Joseph throwing a frisbee in the background

The guy with the tuxedo captain Tony mayor of Key West at the time the guy next to him jersey Lou we still don’t know what his job was there’s a whole chapter on these two guys just this one month.

He gets a chapter in the book

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