Photography is the technique and the art of capturing light. The light represents a moment in time and place, when and where something is seen by the camera. Sometimes the moment is long; sometimes it is short. Sometimes things are happening in the view; sometimes nothing happens and things…just are. But the light of the moment captured by the camera is real and unique, never to exist or be recast again in original form.

After the light is captured as an image, whether on film or in digital encoding, it must be rendered and displayed (or presented) in order to be of utility (e.g. for documentation or surveillance or science) or to be appreciated (as in art).

This site is dedicated to the exhibition and discussion of some of my photographic works. I am at-once concerned with the original moment in time and place, as well as the capture of its light (which is always affected in some way), and ultimately the rendering and presentation of the image as an aesthetic experience.

To me, the final work must be a physical photographic print able to sit on a shelf (or a table) or hang on a wall. Any representation on a computer screen, of only the image or even of the printed and framed piece, is just portrayal of the work, and not the work itself. The work must be palpable, and the present light that bounces off of it and is captured by your eyes and consumed by your consciousness, and that stimulates your emotions and your imagination, completes the cycle started by the light of the original moment.

I always think about the presentation of these works holistically. It is not only the content and composition and effect of the image itself, it is also the paper it is printed on, as well as the pigment used, and the matting, and the framing, and the dimensions and the proportions of everything. Thus, the individual galleries will always have some thematic coherence in the format or intent of the presentation, even if not always in look of the images themselves.

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Recent Blog Posts

• Customizing the Presentation (8/26/2014) - The standard frame size for prints in the June 2014 series is 12 x 15 inches, as stated on the gallery page. I like this presentation since it evinces an intimacy captured in the images, but also gives the prints enough space for a relaxed exhibition. I also wanted to present both vertical and horizontal images in the…
• On Revisting Prior Works (8/14/2014) - I was looking at my Turkey gallery the other day—that is, the real life gallery in my breakfast area, and not the digital online representation—and I realized that since I completed those works in the fall of last year, I’ve learned new ways of creating a vintage photo effect. In fact, I believe more strongly in my…
• Solarized Chicago Collection (8/10/2014) - A new set of images have been uploaded to Solarized Chicago Collection. Though I am not actively working on this collection (or most of the content in the “Other Works” section of the site), I am posting this to provide a little bit of insight into the process I go through in my works (both completed,…