INTRODUCTION
CURRENTLY MY MAIN PURSUIT IS PHOTOGRAPHING IN THE SOUTHWESTERN DESERTS OF UTAH. MOVING INTO MY LATER YEARS HAS SOLIDIFIED MY DECISION TO CONCENTRATE MY EXPLORATIONS OF THE LANDSCAPE TO AREAS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU, SOUTH TO ARIZONA. THIS LANDSCAPE HAS EVERYTHING I COULD WANT. NATURAL RAW BEAUTY, A WARM COLOR PALETTE, SIGNIFICANT ROCK FORMS, AND THE EXPOSED GEOLOGY GOING BACK 250 MILLION YEARS. IT PROVIDES LIMITLESS MATERIAL AND CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME AND MY CAMERA., THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE THE RAPIDLY GROWING BUILDING ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THIS DESERT LANDSCAPE HAS ALSO OPENED UP NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR CREATIVE DOCUMENTATION.
IVE BEEN PHOTOGRAPHING A LONG TIME. AFTER MY FATHER GAVE ME HIS CIROFLEX CAMERA WHEN I WAS 18, I GOT HOOKED LOOKING DOWN INTO ITS GROUND GLASS VIEWFINDER, LOST IN MY OWN WORLD. GOT MYSELF A DEGREE IN PHOTOGRAPHY, , THEN STUDIED FINE ART AND GRAPHIC DESIGN IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR 3 YEARS. MY APPROACH IS THE SAME TODAY AS IT WAS WHEN I STARTED 60 YEARS AGO....I FOLLOW MY INTUITION AND GUT REACTION TO WHAT I SEE. EARLY ON MY SUBJECTS WERE MY SURROUNDINGS. SAN FRANCISCO PEOPLE, EVENTS, AND THE PACIFIC COAST. MOVING FROM THE MOTHERLODE IN CALIFORNIA TO UTAH IN 2022 TO LIVE IN THE RED ROCK COUNTRY'S SPIRITUAL DYNAMIC, HAS INSPIRED MY CREATIVITY AND A NEWFOUND FREEDOM. I HAVE TURNED TO A GREATER LANDSCAPE OBSERVATION ENCOMPASSING UTAH'S UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT, LOCAL PEOPEL, AND STRUCTURES, AS MY MAIN SUBJECTS..
THOUGH NOT AS POPULAR TODAY, I SEARCH FOR THE BEAUTY IN THE EXTERNAL WORLD WHERE FORM AND CONTENT SHARE EQUALLY, AND A FINE ART PRINT IS THE ULTIMATE STATEMENT. MY SENSIBILITIES ARE DERIVED FROM BOTH CLASSICAL AND MODERN ART. I PHOTOGRAPH IN A STRAIGHTFORWARD MANNER WHERE OBSERVATION, NOT MANIPULATION, GUIDES MY WORK. MAINTAINING THE VERACITY OF THE PHOTOGRAPH, IS A CORE VALUES I HAPPILY EMBRACE .
