Artist Statement
I pursue the decisive landscape image. An image that the eye finds compelling, an image that offers a fresh view of the natural world.
Although there has long been a debate about the nature of beauty in a world affected by mankind even in its most remote corners, I believe that we are still surrounded by beauty in the landscape. That beauty today is often part of an altered landscape, reflecting man's impact on the land, some intentional, some accidental.
Nevertheless, beauty remains to be found and photographed.
Process Statement
I photograph the landscape using black and white infrared which permits me to see the landscape slightly abstracted. I am creating images that are more selective in focus and emphasis than traditional black and white or color.
I use a digital SLR converted for black and white infrared.
Shows and Recognition
• 2014, double Nominee in 9th Annual Black & White Spider Awards.
• 2014, work featured on “Lenscratch” on 10 August.
• 2014, cover photo and Merit Award, Black & White Magazine, issue 104.
• 2014, work selected for CENTER Show, “Road to Nowhere, Southwest Sojourns,” curated by Mary Anne Redding, Chair, Photography Department, Santa Fe University of Art and Design.
• 2013, LensCulture Exposure Award.
• 2013, The Art of Photography Show. Out of 12,961 entries, one of only 100 images selected to hang in the San Diego Art Institute. Show judged by Julia Dolan, Curator of Photography at Portland Art Museum.
• 2013, Nominee in 8th Annual Black & White Spider Awards.
• 2013, selected for Photography and Environmental Concern show at Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Judged by Kate Ware, Curator of Photography at New Mexico Museum of Art.
• 2013, selected for Autophotography show of Axle Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
• 2013, admitted to Art Photo Index.
• 2013, selected for Photographer Spotlight on TeraBella Media website.
• 2012, selected for Santa Fe in Focus, a special photography issue of Santa Fean magazine.
• 2012, selected for juried show, In the Mind’s Eye, at the Albuquerque Photographers’ Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
• 2011, selected for juried Annual New Mexico Photographic Art Show, Albuquerque, NM.
Early Years
• 1986, first prize, general, Vineyard Gazette annual photography contest.
• 1985, first prize, landscape, Vineyard Gazette annual photography contest.
• 1983, seven photos selected for Tenth Anniversary Show of The Maine Photographic Workshops.
• 1982, solo show, Landscape and Architecture, at Magazine Emporium Café Gallery, New York City.
• 1981, selected for group show, Portrait and the Figure, Josephus Daniels Gallery, Carmel, CA.
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