Patrice Ward is the very finely skilled photographer who took those wonderful photos of the Big Sur Native Dancers & Musicians..

I asked him if I could post these photos on the Bose site one night during the height of activites at a Natives show. It would be understandable and easy to see how he might of forgotten that I asked direct permission since he was quite involved in shooting photos at the time... but I would of never posted them without doing so... during the heat of the moment he kindly gave me the go ahead.

Patrice is a gracious human being and obviously very talented at his profession. Maybe we can get him to post some information about his work and where one could get a hold of him and check out more of his artistry.

Just want you to know Patrice, how grateful we all are to experience and share your incredible talent on this forum.

Sincerely & many thanks again for you great generosity Patrice, Your friend Joseph

On this web page there's a nice little write up about Photographer Patrice Ward...

http://www.bigdeck.com/artists.html

Nothin' but LOVE to all that are fortunate to be a part of the Big Sur Native's experience. I'm just the Archivist man!!! I have some friends who put out that note in regards to giving me props for the images. They were thinking in the best interest of me. No harm done. I was just venting and they ran with it.. My best, Patrice

You are simply an outrageous photgrapher Patrice~~you truly know how to capture the essence and vibe of the Big Sur Natives~~what a great talent you've got~~Wow!

That photo of Pfeiffer Beach at Sunset is the total bomb!! Thanks so much for sharing with us~~Wow~~outrageous stuff!!