Photography is a way of blinking in reverse: In a fraction of a second, the world reveals itself in light and shadow, shape and texture, distance and dimension.
Over time my blinks have become a personal visual language that honors indistinct impressions and unearths hidden emotions.
Rather than seeking to exercise perfectionistic control over all variables, I set a few arbitrary parameters (a la Oulipo), and open myself to happy accidents. Throughout the process, I respond to cues of uncertain origin and purpose. Often forms, structures and geometries persuade me to make an image, or emerge for the first time during editing. I more or less invite/challenge the image to find me.
Among my favorite subjects are woodland tableaux, clouds, abstractions of light, and my own mixed-media constructions. I also happily chronicle the many moods of my cats.
My creative sensibilities spring from years of rambling around the U.S. and Western Europe, from my love of nature, from my study of European history, art history, and philosophy, and from my enjoyment of European classical music and cinema.
My artistic touchstones include Rococo, German Romanticism, Impressionism, Jugendstil, and silent films.
Among my most important "teachers" are Sebastiao Salgado, Vittorio Storaro, Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Caspar David Friedrich, Gustav Mahler, Edward Steichen, Eduard Tisse, Francois de Cuvillies, Egon Schiele, Luchino Visconti, Alex Colville, Constantin Brancusi.
I create images using iPhones, DSLRs and vintage film cameras.
My iPhone and DSLR images are edited using PhotoScape X. Film negatives and positives are first digitized with my DSLR prior to editing. The resulting jpegs can be printed on a variety of surfaces, and I am constantly exploring new possibilities in this area.
Over time my blinks have become a personal visual language that honors indistinct impressions and unearths hidden emotions.
Rather than seeking to exercise perfectionistic control over all variables, I set a few arbitrary parameters (a la Oulipo), and open myself to happy accidents. Throughout the process, I respond to cues of uncertain origin and purpose. Often forms, structures and geometries persuade me to make an image, or emerge for the first time during editing. I more or less invite/challenge the image to find me.
Among my favorite subjects are woodland tableaux, clouds, abstractions of light, and my own mixed-media constructions. I also happily chronicle the many moods of my cats.
My creative sensibilities spring from years of rambling around the U.S. and Western Europe, from my love of nature, from my study of European history, art history, and philosophy, and from my enjoyment of European classical music and cinema.
My artistic touchstones include Rococo, German Romanticism, Impressionism, Jugendstil, and silent films.
Among my most important "teachers" are Sebastiao Salgado, Vittorio Storaro, Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Caspar David Friedrich, Gustav Mahler, Edward Steichen, Eduard Tisse, Francois de Cuvillies, Egon Schiele, Luchino Visconti, Alex Colville, Constantin Brancusi.
I create images using iPhones, DSLRs and vintage film cameras.
My iPhone and DSLR images are edited using PhotoScape X. Film negatives and positives are first digitized with my DSLR prior to editing. The resulting jpegs can be printed on a variety of surfaces, and I am constantly exploring new possibilities in this area.