Street Photography nominee

Over the past year I have become mesmerized and intrigued by shadows and silhouettes, but the figures that create them are not the main subject of the image. Most of the time, the figures are barely noticeable. These photographs are about the beauty of light and shadow and the effort to find meaning in them.

I was born in a small country town near Pittsburgh, PA, where I went to university and studied painting and sculpture. To be a painter was my dream! For several years I lived in Papua New Guinea and then moved to Sydney, Australia. In both places I worked with clay, mostly high-fired white earthenware, creating minimalist hand built forms. Eventually I returned to the U.S., first to New York City, and then to Chicago where I now live. I’ve come full circle and returned to my first love of painting, but now I paint with light.

My photographs have been shown in both group and solo exhibitions and have won several awards.