This Land

In this installment of True Tulsa, Michael Cooper presents a black and white portrait of the beloved Rabbi Marc Fitzerman, who leads the Congregation B’nai Emunah.

New Orleans-born, South Carolina-raised Grace Grothaus moved to Tulsa only four years ago, but her influence in the artistic community is already palpable. After earning her degree at the Kansas City Art Institute while simultaneously running a gallery there, Grothaus accepted a position at Philbrook–though she’d also been accepted at…

The Free Tulsa 2011 music festival was a hopping success! Photographer Michael Cooper offers up these impromptu images taken at his studio where fans and musicians dropped in.

Andrew Bones is a percussionist for several Tulsa-based bands, including The Panda Resistance and Lohawk.

Eccentric street musician David Horne serenades his beloved companion, Althea.

George Matson is a particularly beloved figure in the Southern Hills community, where he spent fifty five years with the nick name “Golf Shop George.” Matson, originally from Northern Ireland, still carries his distinctive Irish brogue at eighty four. He immigrated to America based on a small taste of the…

Locked away in a bedroom-turned-workshop is T-Town fashionista Valentin Esparza, whose designs have taken the city by storm over the past two years. Esparza, self-taught through meticulous research and experimentation, launched a series of Golden Driller-themed t-shirts and his career in 2009. His Driller design would be seen on various…

Wess Young was only four years old when he survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, but has clear memories of it.

Laurie Keeley calls hers artform “yardistry.” She’s responsible for the eye-catching landscaping and design work you can see at This Land’s offices. A quick walk around the property, and you’ll notice the tools of her trade: heater coils, palates, and all sorts of dismantled odds and ends–all made from reclaimed…

“Cajun” Ed Richard founded the world-famous Cajun restaurant/specialty meat shop Hebert’s, where Louisiana natives have spent many a Mardis Gras celebration for over almost two decades. Hebert’s intriguing specialties include Turducken (that’s a turkey stuffed with chicken and duck), boudin, and a variety of stuffed sausages among other tasty delights.…