THE BIG TODAY PHOTOGRAPHY OF PHIL LECONTE

2000-2008
PHOTOGRAPHER AND JAKE - 2006

This collection is dedicated with love and

affection to Jake, who, with few exceptions, was
standing just out of frame in all these photos.

Once, at my side; now and forever in my heart.

Phil LeConte
October 2008

Limited print galley proof

 THE BIG TODAY
PHOTOGRAPHY OF PHIL LECONTE 2000-2008

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The sunrise plains are a tender haze
And the sunset seas are gray,
But I stand here, where the bright skies blaze
Over me and the big today.

Badger Clark
PLACES 04
CREATURES, CANINES, CRITTERS 30
PEOPLE 54

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 PLACES

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Lake Tahoe, California 5
 Lake Tahoe

6 Fredrickburg, Texas
Manhatten

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 Hollywood, California
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 Cape Cod

Palm Springs

Fredrickburg, Texas Hollywood, California 9

10 Los Angeles, California
Las Vegas, Nevada

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 Dallas/Ft. Worth

12 Austin, Texas
 Austin, Texas

Tucson, Arizona Johnson City, Texas 13

 PIMA, ARIZONA

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PIMA, ARIZONA

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Los Angeles, California

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 London, England
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Palm Springs, California

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 Palm Springs

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 Austin, Texas

Hollywood, California

Las Vegas, Nevada Tucson, Arizona 21

 Los Angeles

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Palm Springs

Lake Tahoe Hollywood 23

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MANHATTAN

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 San Antonio, Texas

Austin, Texas Lake Tahoe, California

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 Santa Fe, New Mexico

Miami Beach, Florida Manhatten 27

 the big today-76

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the big today-18

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 the big today-18 Milner Street, Los Angeles, California

30 the big today-76 the big today-55

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Austin, Texas
 Key West

Key West
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Miami Beach

Las Vegas 33
 CREATURES, CANINES, CRITTERS

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ROOSTERS OF JACKALOPE
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO

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Jake (below)
Sam & Atticus (right)

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 PEOPLE

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Anti-domestic violence rally in San Miguel de Allende

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 School Girls in San Miguel de Allende

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Gentlemen of San Miguel
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 Maile Meloy Joe Guthrie

64 Ocean Blvd smile, Miami beach Mariachi player, San Antonio

Greg Bolin 65
 Bryon Konrad Trevor Davila

66 Kelly LeConte
Elle

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68 Standing Guard, London England
Texas Ranger Bobby Grubbs
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 Playing on Town Lake, Austin, Texas

Jack Corbett and crew.

70 Greg Bolin June and Bill Mellon

Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood

Mike Elling Jeff Barrett 71

 Self Portrait with Jake

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Phil LeConte

After graduating from the University of Illinois in 1984 with a degree in

Broadcast Journalism, Phil LeConte moved to Los Angeles, where he worked
in network television for three years. During his time in Hollywood, Phil
worked for Dick Clark Productions and several series including Hunter, 21
Jumpstreet, and Wiseguy. He was also represented by the William Morris
Agency as a screenwriter.

In 1988, Phil moved to Austin Texas, where he oversaw the creation of the
Texas Highway Patrol Association. Aside from his work with the public safety
education, Phil is also a writer. His course on public safety and citizenship is
taught in schools across the America, including the Austin ISD. His article,
“The Psychologist as TV Guide,” was published in Psychology Today magazine,
has been cited in various professional journals, as well as in the textbook
Values and Knowledge by Terrance Brown.

Phil has interviewed and profiled a range of creative artists and public figures,
including Roy Scheider, Sally Fields, Dennis Franz, Chief Daryl Gates,
director Robert Benton, Texas Attorney General Dan Morales, future
Governor of Texas, Rick Perry and journalist Bill Moyers — who considered
Phil's subsequent profile to be “my favorite interview I did on that tour.”

Phil's photography has been auctioned at benefits for such organizations as

The American Cancer Society and The Austin Museum of Art. His
photography was used on the cover of the Texas Alzheimer’s Association’s
annual publication.
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