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About the Photos...
All
of my photographs are taken using either a 1940s wooden
field view camera outfitted with modern lenses or a Hasselblad 203 FE medium format camera. I use only available light when making my images, with
no distortion filters. Images are printed by me in my traditional wet
darkroom - boring process but I like the control and
results. My photography is about telling the
story of a place. I want to go beyond quick details and show
the full personality, whether the subject is an old farm
building or a remote Irish island. I’m drawn to strong lines
and a sense of mystery and depth.
About Me....

I grew up on a farm in
central Pennsylvania and moved to southern California after getting my degree in
aerospace engineering from Penn State in 1986. Unfortunately, that's also
when I discovered I'd far rather be a photographer than a rocket scientist.
I spent the next
six years squeezing photography opportunities in between my 'real job' in
aerospace, but finally resigned in 1992 to become a fulltime photographer.
After living in California's Owens Valley for four years and photographing
throughout the southwest I needed a change of scene, and moved back to the East
Coast.
As far as what
inspires me, I like finding what is hidden or struggling in the noise of modern
life.
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Awards and Honors:
*Mid-Atlantic Juried Art Exhibition, Hoyt
Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle PA, 2007
* Best in Show, ‘Arts Alive,’ Ocean City, Maryland 2007
*Art of the State’ winners exhibition, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA, 2005, 2007
*Best in show: photography, State Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2005
* Jury‘s Choice Award, Art’s Alive, Ocean City, Maryland, 2005, 2006
* Cadillac Purchase Award, Patriot-News ArtsFest, Harrisburg, PA, 2005
* People's Choice Award, Gallery 33, Harrisburg, PA 2002
* 'Best in Show - Fine Arts,' Bloomsbury Festival of the Arts, Bloomsbury, NJ
2001
* Yosemite Renaissance XIII award and touring exhibition, California Fall 1998
* Grand Prize, Natural World International Photographic Competition & Exhibit,
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1994
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Portfolios
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Upcoming Art Shows:
2008 Shows:
Shows currently confirmed:
April - Main Street Ft Worth (TX)
May - ArtFest, Harrisburg, (PA)
June - Ocean City (MD)
July - Cherry Creek (CO)
July - Ann Arbor (MI)
details and additional shows coming soon
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