Alighting

During my early days in photography, I was drawn to the play of natural light, strong graphics, and the opportunity to document real life as it unfolded before me. As my professional career took off, I began to specialize in editorial assignments for large corporations, national and regional magazines, and academia. The work afforded me a fair degree of creative freedom but the need for off-camera strobes, client approval, and idealized images of reality, destroyed much of my initial enthusiasm. At a certain point, I stopped taking personal pictures and never picked up a camera unless I was getting paid to do so.

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In 2012, advances in digital photography helped me to reconnect with my early

love of the medium. Once again, I began taking pictures for myself. All but a few images on this site date from that year to the present: a number of portraits in Humanistan come from earlier commercial assignments, while some personal photos, made prior to 2012, are also included.

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I’m afraid that anyone expecting to read some academic-sounding treatise about my work here will be disappointed. If anything, I'm more about play — reimagining the mundane, tinkering with ambiguity and abstraction, on high alert for whimsy, and always, an easy mark for light.

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Current imagery that takes a more painterly, expressionistic approach is shown in "Keepersville" and "New Work City," and in posts on my photo blog, Pixetera, dating from last year.

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Inquiries regarding usage, prints, and editorial assignments may be made using the email address or phone number listed on my contact page.

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Again, my thanks for visiting.​