I've made a lifetime commitment to the field of imaging and, with over 50 years of experience, it's easy enough to say that I love what I do.  Photographer in Seattle, WA since 1984.
 

I have a background that includes: Visual Information Specialist; Corporate / Industrial photographer for the Department of Defense / Department of the Navy, Assistant photography instructor at the Maine Photo Workshops, Photo-finish photographer at a Thoroughbred track, Photo-lab technician and Ship's Photographer during Vietnam deployment with the US Coast Guard.  My work has been published, collected & exhibited throughout the US, Canada & Europe. 

MFA Photography Rochester Institute of Technology,  BFA Fine Arts / Photography 
Edinboro State College ( now University ).  Site updated March 27, 2024.

To the left: In the studio, a nice place to be.    Comments from Clients. 

Sometimes at night, I wake, thinking about life; choices made and directions taken. It helps to get up, take a walk and shake up the thoughts running through my head.  So I head out to our private backyard, a calming and quiet refuge, especially so at night to reflect upon significant and pleasant life events.

The late night visit.  To Pause and Remember: Here.

Link Back to the Directory Page and other pages are listed Below.
 

Personal projects include:  

The Seattle Viaduct is a documentation of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, its placement
between the city and waterfront and of the activity that went on within its shadow. 

That website was first published in 2003. 

The Shadow of the Viaduct is now gone.

Principal photography was completed during 2003 ~ 2009.  Selections from the project
will be added here in the coming months. 

40 Miles of Water; The Seattle Waterfront and Duwamish Waterway

The Seattle Waterfront is going through major changes. A number of them are caused by the Viaduct replacement project and others are brought on by the continuing growth
in our region. 

The measure of waterfront I'm documenting runs well beyond the length of the Viaduct, it spans nearly 40 miles of Seattle’s waterfront.  One of the places I visit often is the 1st Avenue Bridge.

I've posted a short video about it at Vimeo.  The link:  https://vimeo.com/user70570681
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Life In Seattle.

I've always thought that major cities should have "official documentary photographers" whose general job description reads in part: ”to document the changing face of our cities and neighborhoods.”   I’m not speaking of Google maps and their street by street approach. 
That is an entirely different concept.  So, if you're visiting my site from some distance and have ever wondered what Seattle looked like, what you might find as you explored the city, our neighborhoods & walked our lanes, then this is work you’ll be interested in seeing.
And, if you live here you may discover something new about the place you've come to know
as home.

Passage to Vancouver, BC  Canada
Landscape views from a rail and road journey from Seattle, WA to Vancouver, BC. 

And some of my favorite places to walk throughout this lovely city.

A Year in the Garden

Photographs made within our nature preserve from 2004 ~ 2019

( The Garden Portfolio is being tended,  please check back. )

Small Gifts Found Close to Home.
Photographic explorations in Seattle parks.

From the Archive; updated June 18th 2019.

Selections from the Nevada Portfolio "Peripheral Visions" ,1987 & 1988, have been
posted that were created  while photographing along the Union Pacific's Northern and
Southern rail lines. The Artist Residency was Funded by the Nevada State Council
on the Arts & The Union Pacific Foundation in support of the Nevada Statewide Arts
Program. During the project I explored the landscape and towns adjacent to the rail
lines and gave presentations of my work. I worked using 4x5 and medium format color film.
The image to the left is a view of the Gem Theater, made those 32+ years ago.