I am an artist whose artwork has been collected by The Brooklyn Museum, The Polaroid Collection, The Center for Photography at Woodstock and other corporate and private collectors. The prestigious Px 3 competition awarded me an honorable mention for one of my child portraits in 2008 and in 2009 a series of photographs titled “A Vermont Homestead” received an honorable mention. Recently four of my photographs were chosen for use on the movie set of “Eat, Pray, Love” which stars Julia Roberts.
I tell authentic stories with photographs to preserve the experiences of my clients’ lives and those of their loved ones. My work covers the circle of life: couples, bridal, maternity, family, children. Photographing using film has advantages both in beauty and flexibility. I prefer to hand print black & white photographs using museum quality silver gelatin and platinum palladium methods. Both these processes are archival and will last for generations. Platinum palladium, known for its subtle tonal range, is the most stable and long lasting of existing printing processes.
For color I work only with printers who care about color and use the best papers.
My work embraces the narrative potential of photographic sequences. Sometimes I print a set of images together. This works especially well when I work with my clients with a large format 4X5″ camera, which can give images with a sharp focus and a soft background.
With all my photography sessions I meet with my clients to plan the photography session for their needs. For example, we can decide to produce an album as well as separate photographs for framing. I work with an artisan bookbinder to produce unique and exquisite hand made, archival albums. I then can incorporate these desires in a package with the photography session. After the session we meet again so I may help my clients in the editing process to decide on the photographs to enlarge, the sequencing of an album and framing choices.