Biography
TECHNICAL HOW-TO's & WHY's : I am the sole creator of each of my photographs. I use either a 1940s era large-format field view camera (with modern lenses) or a medium-format Hasselblad film camera, choosing color or sepia depending on what I'm trying to convey.
Images are printed by me in my traditional wet darkroom – boring process but I like the control and results. Digital is great but right now I still feel more connection with the history of the old film cameras and darkroom.
INSPIRATION: As far as what inspires me, I like finding what is hidden or struggling in the noise of modern life, including landscapes, old buildings, and animals.
BIO: I grew up on a farm in central Pennsylvania and moved to southern California after getting a degree in aerospace engineering. Unfortunately, that's also when I discovered I'd far rather be a photographer than a rocket scientist. I spent the next 6 years photographing while on (aerospace) assignments in New Mexico, and finally resigned to become a full-time photographer in 1992. I later moved back to Pennsylvania as my base.
Solo Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibition, Millersburg Area Art Association, Millersburg, PA, 2006
Solo Exhibition, Lexington Art Gallery, Lexington, Virginia, October 1999
Group Exhibitions:
Pennsylvania State Museum, Art of the State, Harrisburg, PA, 2005, 2007
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, Mid-Atlantic Juried Exhibition, New Castle, PA Summer 2007
Robeson Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, Summer 2006
Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite, California Fall 1998
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Natural World Photographic Exhibit, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1994
Awards and Honors:
Semi-finalist, ‘Hasselblad Masters’ International Competition, Copenhagen, Denmark 2008
Best in Show, 'Arts Alive,' Ocean City, Maryland 2007
Art of the State' winners exhibition, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA, 2005, 2007
Best in show: photography, State Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2005
Jury's Choice Award, Art's Alive, Ocean City, Maryland, 2005, 2006
Cadillac Purchase Award, Patriot-News ArtsFest, Harrisburg, PA, 2005
People's Choice Award, Gallery 33, Harrisburg, PA 2002
'Best in Show - Fine Arts,' Bloomsbury Festival of the Arts, Bloomsbury, NJ 2001
Yosemite Renaissance XIII award and touring exhibition, California Fall 1998
Grand Prize, Natural World International Photographic Competition & Exhibit, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1994
Selected Juried Art Shows:
Cherry Creek Art Festival, Denver, CO 2008
Main Street Ft. Worth Arts Festival, Ft Worth, TX 2008
Ann Arbor State Street Art Festival: invited artist, 2003-2008
Art on the Square, Belleville, IL 2007
Art on the Square, Madison, WI 2004, 2007
Long's Park, Lancaster, PA 2007
Penrod Society, Indianapolis: 2002, 2003, 2007
Patriot News ArtFest, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 1997-2008, Juror, 2007
Mt. Gretna, Pennsylvania: 1998, 2001, 2006
Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts: 1998, 2001; invited artist, 2002, 2006
Collections & Galleries:
Art Collection of Carilion Stonewall Jackson Hospital, Lexington, Virginia
Lexington Art Gallery, Lexington, Virginia