Artist of the Month September 2026

My father was a dentist, and when I was ten years old, he taught me how to develop his X-rays. I became so fascinated watching the images of teeth appear in the developer that I was hooked for life. I bought a cheap camera with money from my paper route and always had it with me. In high school, I shot pictures of sports and my friends - mostly acting silly. I was thrilled when I saw the images in the yearbook. I felt like a real pro. In college at USC, I studied film production and drama, but my Nikon was always at hand. After my Navy service, I directed documentaries and TV commercials along with two feature-length projects. One was about how the Ringling Bros, Circus was put together, called Circus, and the other was on the war for freedom in Bangladesh, called Joi Bangla. I finished my TV and film career by directing The Martha Stewart Show as well as one for a popular New York restaurateur named "B" Smith.  I became a full-time fine art photographer after that and captured travel images as well as staging a series on 1950s burlesque, female figure studies, and ballet. 

 

I printed in Platinum/Palladium for many years, as well as in three-color gum. I was fortunate to have wonderful mentors: Arkady Lovov and Keith Taylor. At present, I am using archival inkjet printing for my work at present. 

 

When I was young, I wanted to be like Robert Capa and photograph war. Joi Bangla gave me a bellyful of being shot at. I always admired the work of Cartier Bresson, Willy Ronis, Edward S. Curtis, Richard Avedon, and Irving Penn - whom I had the great pleasure of meeting.