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1968 -
I was born and raised in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area,
and the creative arts played a defining role in my life
from an early age. A background in musical training led
me to New York City for undergraduate studies. It was at
this point that I pursued music as a profession, first as
a jazz saxophonist, then as a composer of classical music.
Both of these endeavors continue to resonate strongly through
my photography and greatly influence the vision I bring
to my work. Photographic assignments have led me to Africa,
Asia and Europe, as well as much of North America. I reside
in Brooklyn, New York.
Artist Statement
My fascination with photography is deeply rooted in the
idea of selection, or more precisely, reduction. Through
the lens, any scene, be it natural or posed is a broad canvas
from which to extract the essential nature of a subject
and record it onto film. It is the process of selectively
presenting a subject, devoid of all extraneous matter so
that it is free to communicate something about itself beyond
its (obvious) physical nature. What I portray through still
images is nothing more—or less—than the world
as I understand it. Whether through symmetry, contrast,
texture, or the myriad other ways in which we relate to
the physical world, I hope to share with viewers simply
one way of seeing.
*Photo taken by a child in Western
Tibet, 2000
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