Alexis Abrams

These photos by Alexis Abrams are a wonderful portrait of nice people, and a nice, hungry cow. Alexis is a photographer, editor and teacher working out of Denver, Colorado.

Surf's Up, And So Is His Conscience

BY DARRELL R. YUEN
FEBRUARY 2005

New York -- Jack Johnson, surfer/filmmaker/musician, is living a life most of us could only dream of. But it’s not his talent, fame or good looks that we should look up to. Rather, it’s his nice demeanor and passion for the greater good that really puts Johnson heads above the rest.
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If You Want It, You Got It

BY DARRELL R. YUEN
JANUARY 2005

New York -- The name of a former employer keeps coming up whenever I have discussions with friends about inspiring and truly heroic figures of our times. Andy Lipkis of Los Angeles has spent all of his adult life, and a good part of his adolescence doing just that. Andy is the founder of the 31 year-old TreePeople Inc. based on Mulholland Drive, that most storied and serene spine of mountain road overlooking the vast urban basins of Los Angeles and San Fernando.
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