" Change is my middle name"
My family will tell you that I have many middle names. I often say to them " Fancy is my middle name" or Special, Dangerous, or Fluid, but these days...
Musings
Why the self portrait
Those of you who know me, and for sure those of you who are my students know how I love the power of the self portrait. I always get the...
On talking about photographs
Ok here is my ask: Try it and let me know what you think. Let's talk about it.
Rfotofolio interview
The kind folks at RFOTOFOLIO published an interview with me this weekend. "Where we work" is a series of interviews with photographers talking about their studio space. RFOTOFOLIO is an...
Language and how we think about ourselves and our work
" Terminology is everything” and I stick with that ideal.
Seeing pictures in a new place with a new camera
Welcome friends to my travelog 2023. I am traveling in Europe for the next 4 weeks working everyday to make new work and exploring.
Pictures + Words ?
I have been thinking about some conversations I’ve had recently with other photographers about the idea of titles and captions. The idea that my audience will be able to fully...
Why I need community
One of the things I like best about photography is that I can do it by myself. It is a solo act. Often I collaborate with people......
My week with social media, maybe a turning point
First my long established Instagram account was hacked on Monday and taken over by a fool trying to sell y'all on crypto.
Thank you for reading my new blog
I have slowly become frustrated with social media as a way to have conversations with like minded artists. With that in mind please consider doing the conversation on my newly...
Why I love portrait photography
Making portrait photographs is likely my most heartfelt connection to photography. I spent the first half of my photographic career operating a retail portrait studio chasing kids and family’s around...
New Work - The Dilemma
Today I am wondering how many of you struggle with the making of new work. In my case I have around 100 new negatives for my trip to Paris, and...
Hello Old Friend
It has been almost 4 weeks since the last time I was on my press at Atelier Cascabel Press, first was the trip to Paris, then the COVID recovery.. I...
Paris 2022 - Les Invalides
The Grand Scale I am absolutely amazed by the grand scale of some of the places we visited, I try to imagine a time when projects like theses were somewhat...
Père Lachaise Cemetery - Paris 2022
I had never photographed in a cemetery before this, probably because a well known photographer I admire once said it shouldn't be done. This felt different to me, Père LaChaise...
Paris 2022 - Les petites vues
While walking in Paris with my camera it turns out I am the most drawn to photographing the small views. I am not suggesting that the grand views are not...
