Travel & Portrait Photography
 I REMEMBER the
Kodak Instamatic my mother and father gave
me for my 10th birthday. I remember how that
camera seemed to bring the world into focus. And I've
been studying, apprenticing, and taking pictures ever since. I think all those
years of picture-taking and training, have helped me see
more than I would have otherwise. There is still
something about making pictures of new and familiar
faces and places that makes me short of breath. The
way it condenses the senses into a click and
compells me to focus on this moment.
I don't know what it is about taking portraits. Maybe
it's the look on a person's face when they see a photo
that captures something they hadn't seen before in
themselves. That response can be tremendously gratifying.
Much of the pleasure is also simply in spending time
with a subject to create something beautiful together.
It's a unique sort of collaboration.
Please feel free
to write or call for information
on my rates or to schedule a shoot. |
Personal
Research & Writings
 WHEN
I BEGAN researching and writing this book, I
had no idea what I was getting myself into. In attempting
to better understand my experiences designing
communications media and messages internationally,
I found myself drawn into
the ancient Eastern and Western epistemologies which
give shape to current notions of value and meaning,
art, science and technology.
I was fortunate to
be studying at Georgetown's Communication, Culture
and Technology program, where the scope of the curriculum
accomodated the unexpected range of times, places
and disciplines into which I was drawn. My advisor
was wonderful. The depth and breadth of Professor
Dowdy's understanding of communication, cognition
and culture made my head spin. He encouraged and enabled
me to discover connections and possibilities far,
far beyond my early imaginings.
I'm now in the process
of writing case studies for Technologies
of Sin and Salvation, and am also working to translate
these ideas into a prototype media model, which I
call COR. |
