I like to take pictures of all sorts of things and have done so since I was a very young child. My first camera was an Agfa Record II from around 1950 that I got when I was too young to appreciate it and it ended up destroyed after too few rolls of 120 through it. I wish I had it now; it was 15 years old when I got it and now almost 70.
Due to a longstanding relationship with music, I shoot a lot of musicians and musical gear, most often drummers and drums. My association with music creates a very comfortable working relationship, whether with manufacturers, collectors, labels, management, writers, art directors, venues, or players themselves. I’m always interested in shooting musicians in the way they want to be seen, and whether the work is done in my studio or on location I’m very open to ideas.
For my personal work I’m interested in the isolation of everyday places and things, often everyday elements of environment or environments themselves that are easily taken for granted, and re-examining them through the photographic process. I want to question established visual identity and perceived meaning and challenge the common understanding of how we perceive and experience the ordinary, even the banal.
Studied at Hartford Art School with Robert Cumming, Mary Frey, Jack Goldstein, and Gilles Giuntini, all who were instrumental in my thinking in extremely different ways.
My work’s been featured in books, magazines, galleries, and of course the internet.
Due to a longstanding relationship with music, I shoot a lot of musicians and musical gear, most often drummers and drums. My association with music creates a very comfortable working relationship, whether with manufacturers, collectors, labels, management, writers, art directors, venues, or players themselves. I’m always interested in shooting musicians in the way they want to be seen, and whether the work is done in my studio or on location I’m very open to ideas.
For my personal work I’m interested in the isolation of everyday places and things, often everyday elements of environment or environments themselves that are easily taken for granted, and re-examining them through the photographic process. I want to question established visual identity and perceived meaning and challenge the common understanding of how we perceive and experience the ordinary, even the banal.
Studied at Hartford Art School with Robert Cumming, Mary Frey, Jack Goldstein, and Gilles Giuntini, all who were instrumental in my thinking in extremely different ways.
My work’s been featured in books, magazines, galleries, and of course the internet.