While I have a significant body of work, my vision is constantly evolving and taking me to another place. My work began as strictly representational. The subject was clearly the most important thing in the frame. Next, while my work remained representational at its core, it became more narrative (heavily influenced by photojournalism no doubt). Now, at this stage of my photographic journey, I feel that if my photographs can tell a story that's ok, but I'm more interested in how the various visual elements, especially light, are revealed in the photograph. I am realizing that except for those few circumstances in which the subject matter is so completely compelling ( a brutal war photograph for example), it is necessary for the photographer/artist to understand the interaction of line, tone, shape,pattern, texture, light and shadow and how these elements work together to create something of inherent visual interest. (ART?).

 My subject matter will continue to be urban and social landscape. But just as Ansel Adams photographed "weather" ( a description of how he saw light), I want to make images that reveal truth, but in the final analysis are also beautiful photographs.