PROJECTS
Projects
Photography Projects
If I were to briefly summarize what my photography is about, it would be this: "To be a part of a community of explorers satisfies many photographers, knowing that there are those out there who are like-minded. If the subject of our explorations is tied to a larger social issue, then the numerous voices along with the differing formats of photography substantiate the importance of our concerns. The beauty of photography is in its documentary mode in both its form and content, and the photograph does not have to be artless. "
The dozen bodies of work below have the recurring theme of 'place.' Not really landscape photography. There are the series that focus on the place of architecture within the landscape (Baja Mission
and Buddhist Temples), or the landscape within the architecture (Casino Landscapes). Some of the human transformations of the landscape are obvious (Las Vegas Wash) or subtle (Forest of Fontainebleau). There are landscapes where people live far from anywhere (Miles From Nowhere: the East Mojave) and landscapes where people go after they cease living (Cimetière Père Lachaise). Some bodies of work might be thought of as purely landscape (Outback Australia
and my Early Work) but they are actually metaphors for a deeper spiritual state of being.
Two of these projects are currently being edited and developed for publication in an art book format. If interested, send me a message and I will add you to my mailing list. At the bottom of some of the project pages, I have included the work that is less Fine Art and more straight documentary in nature. Where helpful, I add historical and contextual images and bibliographies for further reading.
Video Projects
In the early days of my career, I preferred the medium of the moving rather than the still image. My first job after high school was as a photographer and documentary filmmaker for the Florida Fresh Water Fish & Game Commission. With this agency, I was assigned to the Everglades region to photograph reptiles and amphibians. Although this was only a one year position, I also filmed and helped produce a 16mm documentary on the loggerhead sea turtle.
In 2008, I returned to my love of documentary filmmaking with the formation of my company eLearning Media, Inc. Below are some examples from projects we have created for online education in the Arts and Humanities.