ARTIST STATEMENT

Ancient whitewashed walls along a sloping walkway in Greece, a skyscraper in Chicago, shadow landscapes dancing on adobe walls, strange rock formations in a badlands area of New Mexico--these are some of the places that call to me. In the more than thirty years that I have been a photographer, I have been drawn to working with landscapes, both natural and man-made. The act of walking through an environment to make pictures is a ritual that leads me to a more centered way of being. I see the world differently, as if for the first time. Whether working in a wilderness or urban landscape, I am not concerned with documenting a place, but rather with how the environment makes me feel. More than a mere record of these places, the resulting pictures are instead a response to them.

I have always been concerned with how a three dimensional space translates to a two dimensional surface. I see buildings, rocks and trees as sculpture with their own personality or spirit. I try to convey this spirit in my pictures.

Although each photograph stands on its own, I work in series, often returning to the same place, each trip adding to my exploration and expression of that place.

My photographs use light, shadow, form and texture to define a space. Watching and waiting for these elements to come together and using them to express my feelings will, hopefully, result in photographs that allow the viewer to see the world in a new and different way.