Light is the single most important ingredient
in creating photographs with impact.

Time-honored photographic techniques are combined
with modern technologies in the image making process.

On a much needed trip, I visited a good friend in America’s Southwest. The American Southwest has long attracted artists eager to record its magnificent forms, light, and spirit. Thankfully I brought my camera, because I found inspiration in the most unlikely locations. It takes the vision of an artist, along with the persistence of a hunter to hunt, to shoot, and to capture, these images onto film.

In Utah, I found images that reflect what I perceive of my future: the loneliness I feel as a single man. In New Mexico, I was reminded of the spirit of life and family. Colorado is where I ran into my father, the passionate mechanic.

I feel this exhibit expresses the dearest parts of my childhood and adolescent experiences.

Passion for composition is only part of my life. Passion is my life. I learned passion while watching my father’s passion for the vintage automobile, my mother’s passion for beauty, my family’s passion for life and religion.

There are great photographs waiting to be found everyday. But they are almost never to be found easily. My inspiration in finding beauty in what is vintage or old or things from the past or forgotten years are expressed in my photographs.

These photos scream of past years that have been forgotten, but with the assistance of cameras, lenses and darkrooms, the images come to life and carry on a legacy.