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| As a young boy, I frequently harassed my mother and sisters with the family box camera with as many embarrassing candid shots as possible. These amounted to nothing more than entertaining snapshots. I began taking photographs professionally while working as an archaeologist -- where photographing excavation activities and artifacts were among assigned duties. Occasionally, I slipped in artistic shots. This led to studying photography at the Art Institute of Houston where I developed darkroom skills (no pun intended), and learned the subtle differences between a good snapshot, a nice picture, a great photograph, and a work of art. An early assignment was to take a self-portrait. While most students returned with simple head shots, I produced the image "Beach Self-Portrait" which was considered too dramatic. My instructor politely suggested that my artistic style and ambitions conflicted with the commercial curriculum. I dropped out of art school in 1984. After a decade working on digs, in museums and labs, I moved to San Francisco and lived in the house previously owned by the photographer, Imogen Cunningham. She is one of the most famous female photographers. I had my darkroom in the same place where Imogen developed many of her famous images. This was a time of unparalleled creativity and inspiration for me. My photography has been exhibited throughout the US and my images and other artwork are included in collections internationally, imprinted on greeting cards and CD covers, published in newspapers and used as illustrations in two books. Click here for a list of selected exhibitions and publications |
Referred to
in reviews
as surreal,
thought-pro
voking,
moving,
and
engaging
in reviews
as surreal,
thought-pro
voking,
moving,
and
engaging
