My goal in photographing is to find the small places that still hold the beauty and grace of what is past and yet still surrounds us. So many places of beauty and tranquility are lost to us each day amid the noise, confusion and stress of modern life. Around us are small places and details we sometimes overlook in our hurry to get somewhere else, and it is these places that I look for as subjects. I try to present the viewer with an enhanced appreciation for these places and in that way perhaps preserve them.

Personal

Born 1952, Washington DC
Raised in Bethesda, Maryland
Resides in Dickerson, Maryland since 2003

Education

Montgomery College – Rockville Maryland, – Fine Arts, Photography
University of Maryland College Park – Agricultural Resource Economics
Northern Virginia Community College – Photography

Career Data

1974 - 1979
Agriculture – Farming cattle & grain
Photography – Cover photo published by National Geographic School Bulletin

1979 - 1998
Bell System Marketing, AT&T Marketing, AT&T Systems Development,
retired 1998
Fine Art Photography - Began exhibiting images 1991


1998 - 2001
Gallery West Inc. – Partner, Board of Directors


2001 - 2002
League of Reston Artists – Board of Directors


2001 - 2004
Smithsonian Institution, Resident Associates Program - Photography Instructor


2003 - 2008
Photographic illustration for “A Passion for the Creative Life: Textiles to Lift the Spirit”, by Mary Sheppard Burton, won “Book of the Year 2003” Minnesota Textile Association
Designed and built residence at Whackamole Farm in Dickerson, MD
Consulted for Lorton Arts Foundation with documentary photographs for HABS Study, Darkroom and Studio design, Website design and maintenance
Whackamole Productions LLC – Owner, Website design and hosting, Graphic Arts and Photography services
Workhouse Photographic Society - Member