I WAS BORN & GREW UP HERE IN BISBEE, ARIZONA. WHEN I BEGAN TAKING PHOTOGRAPH,S, I HAD A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHEN IT CAME TO PHOTOGRAPHING BISBEE. BISBEE DIDN'T RRLOOK LIKE OTHER TOWNS. THEREFORE, NO ONE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHS OF BISBEE. OR SO IT SEEMED TO ME. THE TRUTH IS THAT IT IS JUST THAT QUALITY THAT MAKES BISBEE A FASCINATING PHOTO DESTINATION. IN FACT, I AM, AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, EXTREMELY LUCKY TO LIVE IN COCHISE COUNTY. THE COOPERATIVE ART GALLERY I AM A MEMBER OF, BIZZART GALLERY, IS LOCATED IN BISBEE ON BREWERY GULCH, ONCE KNOWN AS THE MOST NOTORIOUS STREET IN THE OLD WEST. TODAY, THE GULCH COMPRISES A UNIQUE SHOPPING DISTRICT. THE GROUP OF BUSINESSES THAT LINE BREWERY AVENUE & O K STREET INCLUDE BIZZART GALLERY, PANTERRA GALLERY, THE ST. ELMO BAR, VAVOOM, ELDORADO (LODGING), THREE MEXICAN CAFES & THE BISBEE BICYCLE BROTHEL, A VINTAGE BICYCLE SHOP. ONE HUNDRED PLUS YEARS AGO, THE GULCH WAS A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE. THE LOWER GULCH WAS HOME TO NUMEROUS SALOONS & GASMING HOUSES AS WELL AS ROOMING HOUSES AND RESTAURANTS THAT SERVICED THE MEN WHO LABORED IN BISBEE'S COPPER MINES. FURTHER UP THE GULCH, THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT HELD SWAY. PEARL STARR, THE DAUGHTER OF FAMED OUTLAWS COLE YOUNGER (COUSIN OF FRANK & JESSE JAMES) AND BELLE STARR, RAN A BROTHEL ON THE GULCH. MY POINT IS THAT THIS AND OTHER PARTS OF BISBEE'S HISTORIC DISTRICT ARE A FASCINATING PLACE FOR TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHERS TO PLY THEIR TRADE. IN ADDITION, GREATER COCHISE COUNTY IS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS. NEXT TIME, I'LL DISCUSS TOMBSTONE, THE TOWN TOO TOUGH TO DIE, THE OLD COW TOWN WILLCOX, THE SAN PEDRO RIVER (CONSIDERED BY THE SIERRA CLUB TO BE ONE OF THE LAST GREAT PLACES ON EARTH), THE WONDERLAND OF ROCKS & KARTCHNER CAVERNS. BUT I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT NEXT TIME. MEANWHILE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO VIEW SOME OF MY PHOTOS, VISIT MY WEB GALLERY AT http://www.elkinsphotos.com/ (SEE DIRECT LINK FROM THIS SITE). SO LONG FOR NOW.