at the headquarters of the LA sheriff's department bomb squad i was promised a "museum of explosives". what this amounted to was a walk-in closet with old shells. not much of a museum. ed assured me this grenade was perfectly safe, but i get the feeling that they might enjoy a good practical joke at the bomb squad anyway. you know, everybody likes to scare the photographer.    
 
         

represented for commercial work by wonderful machine.
all words and pictures copyright by max s. gerber. view my stock archive at bigshotstock.