The Story Behind Every Photograph
The Story Behind Every Photograph…August 2018
I have long been fascinated with Graffiti and the derelict buildings where it’s common to find “Aerosol Art” as it is affectionately referred too. I did a bit of research some years ago and planned a Sunday trip to New York City with a good friend and fellow Large Format photographer Tim Jones to explore graffiti locations in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn. We came upon many areas of street graffiti, however, parked cars lined the streets and prevented any graffiti access without...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…July, 2018
I first learned of the Arizona Slot Canyons from a workshop I attended in 1985 with noted photographer Bruce Barnbaum, who first learned of these bizarre wind and water erosion canyons on New Years Day a few years prior to the ’85 workshop. I still remember Barnbaum’s quote about these incredible natural forms, “this is the #1 Wonder of the World, every other Wonder must begin at # 3” That is how incredible these masses of sandstone are to anyone with an interest in all things needed...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…June 2018
My life in serious photography started quite by accident. It could be said there were signs in 1974 when I honeymooned in Bermuda and my brother suggested I take his 35mm camera along to record the occasion. As I remember I made about 200 slide exposures, less than a dozen with my new bride in the photograph. There was something brewing but nothing came of it until the early '80's. To this day there is a personal relationship of challenge and creating a visual being in every image I...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…May, 2018
I regularly travel to the SouthWest with my good friend and mentor Jack Holowitz. Back around 2000, we photographed some “Cap Rocks” outside of Page Arizona heading West on the right-hand side of Rt. 89 just before the Ranger Station leading into the Paria Canyon Wilderness. I always wanted to return to explore this area in more detail. In between 2000 and 2003 Jack had made a trip West with another group and came upon a truly incredible area of unnamed white erosion. That new found...