(Excerpts from letters received from clients and/or friends related to my photographic skills.)

“Thank you for the enlarged portrait. It is beautiful work. All the Brubecks send

their warm greetings!”       Dave Brubeck, Two Generations of Brubeck, August 9, 1973.

“Let me thank you for all the help you gave given the basketball team and me

personally.” Frank McGuire,    Head Basketball Coach, University of South Carolina, September 13, 1977.

“The pictures are excellent.” John Bloch, Jr., President, Wolf Machine Company, September 16, 1977.

"I regret that I was not in the office the other afternoon when you dropped by and kindly left me a       copy of The 1972 Gamecocks brochure. I think that you have done an outstanding job and I am sure that everyone will enjoy looking at your work.” Gov. Robert E. McNair, McNair, Konduros & Corley, November 1, 1971.

"I say it was worth waiting for the Master and I hope your credit is prominently displayed on hundreds of thousands of hot selling copies.” Richard W. Ogden, Vice President, Seminole Manufacturing Company, December 1, 1977.

“Your photography work is absolutely exquisite and I am pleased to have it amongst my other possessions.” Richard A. Silverman, President, Acme Textile Company, December 21, 1977.

“Thank you for the beautiful photograph. As always, your work is excellent.” H. Joseph Gerber, Chairman of the Board, The Gerber Scientific Instrument Company, December 22, 1977.

"Thank you for sending along the copies of the photographs from The White House meeting. They are

really terrific.    We’ll put them in our archives here and use them as appropriate, but I have stolen several for use with my family. I appreciate your thoughtfulness.” John R. Emery, President, American Business Press, November 15, 1991.

“Thank you very much for the lovely photograph as well as the beautiful frame and mounting. To show you how much we appreciate it, the picture is hanging directly as you enter our home, next to one of my wife’s framed needlepoint of an old Rabbi. You can’t hardly get any higher than that!” Herman Rovin, President, Automatech Industries, December 27, 1977.

“I have enjoyed a couple of your slide shows in the past few years. It’s a pleasure to run into someone who can be both serious about his work, yet light enough to be able to express his apparent love of life.” Carl Cronin, Vice President, Prima, October 18, 1978.

“I am still in awe of your photographic skill—those were truly the most

magnificent  beach pictures     I have ever seen.” Robin Z. Boger, Executive Assistant, Pace, September 6, 1979

“…thank you very much for the nice lunch on Tuesday—I really enjoyed getting together with you. Those pictures and booklet that you have are super.” Bill Foster, Head Coach of Basketball, University of South Carolina, September 3, 1980.

“I hope that we will have many opportunities in the future to use your photographs that have contributed greatly to the success of the illustrations that we have used in our journal.” Allan J. Ryan, MD, Editor-in-Chief, The Physician and Sports Medicine, December 16, 1980.

“Many thanks for the photograph. All Gaetan photographs will some day become collectors’ items, right?” Howard D. Cooley, President, Jockey International, October 8, 1981.

"My son Tony asked me to identify     the cars that were included in the fabulous album you made for me." Walter Baran, Secretary, General Services Administration - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, June 1982

“The quality of your photographs is outstanding and reflects your obvious professionalism.” James M. Lower, Vice President, Marketing, North American Industrial Products Operations, Singer, June 22, 1982.

“How surprised and delighted I was on receiving the wonderful portrait which you took of me in my office! I’m sure that Joanie will demand that it occupy a place of honor in our living room. I love the soft lighting and calm atmosphere that you were able to achieve!” Guy Gunzberg, Vice President, Information Systems, Hartmarx Corporation, June 3, 1985.

“Many thanks for your letter and for the photographs taken during the AAEF dinner for Sam Walton. They are super! And, I am delighted to have them.                 ” Roger Milliken, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Milliken & Company, October 3, 1985.

“Thank you also for the photograph, obviously taken by a true contest pro.               ” Allyn W. Perkins, President, Eton Systems, Inc., June 17, 1986.

“Many thanks for the wonderful photograph enlargement that you brought to Germany for me. As I mentioned to you before, your photograph was one of the

final deciding factors for     me in my decision to ask Rosalind to be my wife. An enlargement of that photograph will stay in our home forever.” Steven B. Kaufman, Executive Vice President, Juki America, Inc., June 14, 1991.

“A great photograph! I intend to have this one framed for my den at home.”        Dan Graveline,  Executive Director, Georgia World Congress Center and Georgia Dome, February 7, 1994.

“Your excellent photographic work has been a great asset to USC Sports Information productions over the years, and will greatly enhance the history of Gamecock athletics as depicted in my trilogy.” Tom Price, Columbia, SC, June 9, 1995.

“I can’t tell you how delighted I was to receive those photos! Not only were they terrific but I was thrilled that you remembered.” Gail Strickler, President, Saxon Textiles, July 16, 1996.

“I was thrilled to receive the portfolio of photographs capturing the joint boards retreat at the University of South Carolina. It deeply touches me that you took the time to provide such a remembrance of the occasion. …your photographs reflect the many hardworking and dedicated people who make the progress of our University possible. Again, I am deeply grateful to you for providing me with such a keepsake that my family and I will always treasure.” William C. Hubbard, Esq., Chairman, Board of Trustees, University of South Carolina, March 9, 1999.

“What a treat to travel with you! Thank you for taking our photographs [in Taiwan] for the Journal.” Barbara W. Chisolm, Executive Director, The Forum for World Affairs, April 21, 1999.

“The [Taiwan] album arrived Friday. It was fantastic. You did an incredible job.

We are going to take it to    national board meeting in Orange County and show it off. Thank you so much for all your work and the beautiful album.” Cori Welbourne,  Executive Assistant, World Affairs Council of America, May 3, 1999.

“These photos, as only you can capture, will be added to our album of cherished memories! Thank you so very much!” King Dixon, Laurens, SC, August 1, 1999.

“You do good work with a camera.” Gil Thelen, Executive Director, The State newspaper, January 12, 1995.

“Many thanks for the beautiful picture…You must be a professional photographer to have achieved such superb result” Joseph Chou, President, Fortune Information Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, April 22, 1999.

   The photos are great...and it was so nice seeing you again. I will look out for the photos in the mail. Rita Cosby, MSNBC April 20, 2007

ALSO, I have had my work published in the following magazines and books: South Magazine, The Basketball Digest – Century Publishing, Physicians and Sports Medicine – a McGraw Hill publications  The Sporting News, (Cover -shown above), the University of South Carolina sports programs and press books, Bobbin, La Bobina and A New Beginning - a hard cover photo book by the International Society of Photographers.