Artist Statement
I have been involved in both black and white and color photography for over twenty years, pursuing landscape and backcountry photography, as well as street photography, and portraiture. My work has been shown in galleries throughout northern and southern California, as well as in Montana.
I am interested in photographing subjects within their full context, so I frequently use a 20mm wide-angle lens or a Russian true panoramic camera. This wide-angle perspective allows me to photograph a subject in all its surroundings and at the same time focus in on a level of detail that I hope makes the image more tangible to the viewer.
I am drawn toward the simple beauty of everyday objects and through my photography, I like to reflect the abstract beauty in what would otherwise be seen as a familiar subject. I try to explore the ways in which history accumulates on these items, and observe how these artifacts, often in a state of neglect, become symbols of a bygone era.
My extended projects include a series on tugboat operators in the San Francisco Bay, a comparison of rural and urban life in France, and an exploration of winter scenes in Montana. My most recent work is an examination and documentation of Montana's vanishing landmarks, concentrating on its historic barns and grain elevators.
As much of photography is becoming more automated and digital, I have made a conscious effort to hold onto what I consider to be the more traditional approach. My images are darkroom prints, and I take most of my images with non-programmable manual cameras made in the 1950's and 1960's, including a Nikkormat, a Leica M3, and a Rolleiflex.
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