Photomanipulation nominee

Smoke and Beams is a subset of the series Radical Play. Where we had started grains, sparklers and colored milk, we moved on to smoke, flashlights and night. The same concept prevailed, but with entirely new content.

Radical play is a simple and direct approach to creating alchemy/art. It bypasses the ego and mind and directly addresses the emotions, the senses and the soul.

I worked with model Katrin Dohse for this series. Her freshness, concentration and athleticism were perfect for the shoots.

Play is a natural alchemical process. It allows the opposite poles of openness and intent to inhabit the same space. It is with this seeming paradox that the magick of alchemy can flow freely. Such an invitation to openness invites energies beyond our self to participate. We lose awareness of self, and in manifesting intent without the baggage of HOW that intent will materialize, we experience outcomes that are surprising, powerful and beyond the limits of mind.

Ideally these images “tell” different stories to different people. These are never linear stories. Rather, they are subterranean and unconscious, and akin to wordless shards that are the remains of dreams upon awakening.

In 1978 I purchased a camera. In the early 80s my work was published, exhibited and purchased for the collection of the Standard Oil Company. My first solo show debuted in 1985.
I received a BA in Film from Columbia College in 1980.
My videos were exhibited at major festivals from 2003 to 2007. One video was nominated for the Golden Gate Award at the 47th San Francisco Int’l Film Festival.
2019: Gold Winner, 2018 Moscow International Foto Awards, Silver Winner Tokyo International Foto Awards for series "Fabric on the Dock", Seven nominations at the 5th Annual Fine Art Photography Awards, Finalist in Circle Foundation for the Arts’ Artist of the Year Competition, Exhibited at Transformations - 2019, Pennsylvania Center for Photography and In Motion exhibit at Photography Center of Cape Cod, and published in two hardcover art books: Tusis, Manipulated Images, a Dek Unu book, and the 7th International Photography Annual Publication at Manifest Gallery.
2017-2018: Exhibited twice in Rome, Italy, once in Belgrade, Serbia, and had ten works from the series Obscure Reveal exhibited at a Florida museum.