I live in Washington DC. Inspired by photojournalist Steve Northup, I studied photography during my last year in college in 1973, and then worked as a news photographer for the Lawrence (KA) Journal-World (1974-75) and the Santa Fe (NM) New Mexican (1975-77). From mid-1978 to mid-1979 I worked for two now-defunct community newspapers, the Wyoming State Journal in Lander, WY and the Sun-Advocate in Price, UT. I then switched careers, but have continued exploring photography ever since.
The photojournalism experience helped me learn to identify opportunities for combining composition, lighting, body language and gesture for visual communication of a moment or a story. I have been influenced by the Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, W. Eugene Smith, and many contemporary photojournalists. My interest is in composing images that have visual impact alone, using materials, reflective surfaces and architecture that can be transformed into a new expression by framing and flattening into an image; or to have both a visual and emotive impact by capturing moments where body language and gesture fit into a composition to communicate a clear moment of a story.
Early on I used Nikon equipment, and Kodachrome for color and Tri-X for black-and-white. In the early 2000’s I switched to compact digital cameras and have used several over the course of the years. I use Adobe Lightroom for electronic image processing.
The photojournalism experience helped me learn to identify opportunities for combining composition, lighting, body language and gesture for visual communication of a moment or a story. I have been influenced by the Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, W. Eugene Smith, and many contemporary photojournalists. My interest is in composing images that have visual impact alone, using materials, reflective surfaces and architecture that can be transformed into a new expression by framing and flattening into an image; or to have both a visual and emotive impact by capturing moments where body language and gesture fit into a composition to communicate a clear moment of a story.
Early on I used Nikon equipment, and Kodachrome for color and Tri-X for black-and-white. In the early 2000’s I switched to compact digital cameras and have used several over the course of the years. I use Adobe Lightroom for electronic image processing.