For quite some time every foray I make away from the breakfast table has had one constant component... an awareness of imagery composed of shadows, blocks of color, light-enhanced textures and anomalies of light and juxtaposition. Accompanying these daily journeys is a camera. Which camera I use is of relatively little consequence, rather what can be made from the compulsion to make images.
After many years of this awareness I see the finished image when I make the exposure... the process within the camera, through the electronic realization, finally to paper. I cannot limit what I see as raw material in order to create a "series" or adhere to a particular subject set. When an image makes itself known I use it. I also make photographs from the natural world of animals and plants. As time goes by I see less and less reason to separate them but, for the sake of clarity (?) I’ll maintain both sites. So if you want to delve into the world of out fellow travelers which don’t look like us…have at it.
What sponsors these choices is my continuing interest in work that painters, print makers, sculptors and other photographers have undertaken. Those works have influenced my choices... for inspiration. Consequently my work is an eclectic celebration of what can be made as a photograph from what I see. I do not believe I must go elsewhere to be inspired. I've made well over 1000 images of my front porch. But, I also do not see an important difference in where I am in the world making photographs.
1964 B.S., Biology, Art, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green KY
1964-1967 Captain, U. S. Army, Texas, New Jersey, Republic of Vietnam
1967-1970 University of Kentucky, Tobacco and Health Program, Laboratory Supervisor
1970-1975 Kentucky Educational Television, Lexington KY, Still Photographer, Production Technician
4 National Association of Educational Broadcasters Awards, "Photography in Support of Programming"
"Photography and Aesthetics" - Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Evening Courses (2), University of Kentucky
Lexington Camera Club Continuing Critique
1975-1977 Maisel Photochrome, Atlanta GA, Production Copy Camera, Special Services Supervisor
Member, Nexus Photography Center, Atlanta GA
1977-1983 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, Supervisor of Printing and Photographic Center, Photography Division
1977-1984 MFA, Georgia State University, Photography
Graduate Show, Welch Gallery “A Photographic Sojourn: The Interstate Highways”
The Atlanta Gallery of Photography. Owned by Jay Crouse. Worked directly with Ansel Adams, George Tice, Ruth Orkin, Yosuf Karsh,
Judy Dater, Arnold Newman, Andre Kértész and others in presenting their work.
1984-1987 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, Research Institute, Research Photographer
1987-2010 Co-owner Grafica, Inc., Atlanta GA, Computer Aided Graphic Design, Commercial Photography
2010-Present Concentration on Fine Art Photography
2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Seminars: Urban Photography with Chip Simone, “South Street Photography Group”
Major Influences: Harry Callahan, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, André Kertész, Ken Schiano, My Parents and My Wife, Franca.
