My passion for photography started at age 8 when my father gave me an early model of the Polaroid Camera at age 8. I was instantly intoxicated watching images appear while peeling the print from the back of the camera. My belief is that this early Polaroid set my photographic and artistic tone, as I was always attracted to that alternative expressionist look at life through the lens of a camera.
‘The tendency for me is to work in many different photographic mediums on many different platforms’. My iPhone images are a result of years of experience and endless hours behind the lens, including time spent working with various alternative processes like Platinum, Gum and Gold over Platinum printing.
‘The IPhone is eerily reminiscent of that first Polaroid – a virtual camera and darkroom in your pocket. Only recently, with the advent of IPhone applications, one can alter the image to suit a more personal vision. It also allows me to push the rules and add my own touch to each and every image – right there on the spot. Additionally, I enjoy the social network aspect and the ability to post the images instantly on various platforms on the world-wide-web.
I spent most of my adult working life in entertainment away from the camera, serving in various roles over the years such as Film and Video Producer and Tour Management. In this I have worked with some of entertainments most elite acts, like Barbara Streisand, John Mellencamp, Eagles, Billy Joel, Jewel, Van Halen, Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Nicks.
Since semi-retirement in 2008 all of my time is spent traveling and capturing images in remote locations such as Australia, Ireland, Scotland, England and Iceland not to mention many of the National Parks located in the continental United States. In late 2011 there is a trip to Antarctica in the planning stages.
My work these days is across many formats and platforms from iPhone/iPad up to medium format high-resolution traditional digital cameras.
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