In a previous blog post on Influence and Originality, I mentioned that “To be influenced is to engage so deeply with a piece, with a work...

There are many, many artists that I have been interested in, several artists that I admire but only a couple that have penetrated my...

After my last post “the Agony and Ecstasy of Chaos,” I started thinking more about DAYDREAMS. Let’s just take a moment here – did you ...

(Any hyperbole you find in this post may be credited to my growing passion for opera…) Nothing pleases me more than when two distinct...

Since I started shooting in color in 2007, after many years as a devote black and white photographer, I have been learning about color...

2 new strobes, 2 new models, and lots more opera Last year was another productive journey in the course of my work as I continued to...

Here are a couple of thoughts about 2017 and how to make sense of it. I am NOT going to expound about the state of the world and the...

Visit the Sistine Chapel….. I was in Rome recently and was anxious to revisit the Sistine Chapel. I had a “skip the line” tour (with...

As the exhibition at Y:ART approached, press and publicity was building and we seemed to be getting a lot of great media coverage. I was...

The Nightwatch by Rembrandt, 1642 Standing in front of the Rembrandt’s Night Watch in Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum was beyond stunning.  He...

In my last post, I discussed the impact of seeing the the Metropolitan Opera‘s production of Lulu, and how it has influenced my own work....

It takes quite a bit to bring me to my knees these days, but the Metropolitan Opera‘s production of Lulu did just that. Patricia, my...

Untitled #1-22-15-288 is another recent image from my last “binge shooting” session with Carl and Cory. The figure is deformed, with its...

Since being involved in the art world for over the past 30 years, many things have changed. Trends come and go, notions of what is...

I have recently been thinking about what a rich and powerful word “muse” is… The Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, were Greek...

Working with both underwater and above water elements, there is a considerable color difference. Generally speaking, color is perceived...

The mask has been used throughout history not only as a way to disguise oneself but a means to project a different persona. Early...

Last week, I had the pleasure of teaching a three day workshop for the Union of Arab Photographers in Sharjah, one of the United Arab...

Last week, I gave a lecture and presentation on my work as a guest at The Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles. The slide talk...

As I’ve said, working in the water with color revealed new dimensions, depths, and interpretations to my work. Differences in color...