My interest in photography started in junior high school back in the early 1970s. My work began to be recognized and exhibited widely while I was in high school and college. My photographs earned their way into the permanent collections of the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography (Rochester, NY) and Nikon House (NYC) while I was still a high school student.
I paid my way through college working as a photojournalist, shooting assignments for AP, UPI and other news services. I also began shooting assignments for advertising agencies, which ultimately led to a 30+ year career in advertising. Unfortunately, the demands of running an advertising agency kept me from picking up a camera for nearly three decades. In 2010 I sold my advertising firm and returned to my true love...photography. Since then, I have tried to pick up in a digital age where I left off in the analog. It has been a fun and rewarding journey so far. My work has been recognized in major competitions and exhibited around the world. I am truly grateful for the warm reception my work has received and are humbled by this continued exposure and recognition.
I was recently counted among "14 Inspiring American Artists" by Skillshare and Feature Shoot. The Barcelona Foto Biennale (Barcelona, Spain) named me their International Landscape Photographer of the Year. The Moscow International Foto Awards (Moscow, Russia) named me their International Portfolio Photographer of the Year. The Pollux Awards (Kent, England) named me their Grand Prize Winner. And Photolucida (Portland, Oregon) has named me a Critical Mass Finalist four times.
My photographs have also received awards and/or been exhibited by the Royal Photographic Society (England), Prix de la Photographie Paris (France), Les Rencontres d’Arles (France), Grand Prix de la Decouverte (France), Photography Masters Cup (England), Moscow International Foto Awards (Russia), Tokyo International Foto Awards (Japan), LensCulture (Netherlands), Black and White Spider Awards (England), Budapest International Foto Awards (Hungary), Head On Photo Festival (Australia), Lucie International Photography Awards (Los Angeles, CA), New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC), Photo L.A. (Los Angeles, CA), Center for Photographic Art (Carmel, CA), Center for Fine Art Photography (Fort Collins, CO), SE Center for Photography (Greenville, SC), Communication Arts (Menlo Park, CA), Camera USA (Naples, FL) and National Geographic (Washington, D.C.).
My photographs have been widely published and exhibited in museums and galleries around the world, including Aberystwyth, Bath, Belfast, East Sussex, London, Oxford and Stafford (all UK), Arles and Paris (France), Barcelona and Malaga (Spain), Moscow and Novorossiysk (Russia), Athens and Chania (Greece), Buenos Aries (Argentina), Berlin (Germany),Budapest (Hungary), Rome (Italy), Simferopol (Crimea), Sydney (Australia) and Tokyo (Japan).
In the United States, my work has been exhibited in New York (New York), Berkeley, Carmel, Half Moon Bay, Long Beach, Modesto, Oceanside, San Diego and San Francisco (all California), Essex Junction and Middlebury (Vermont), , Albuquerque and Santa Fe (New Mexico), Dubuque (Iowa), Fort Collins (Colorado), Johnson City (Texas), Naples (Florida), Portland (Oregon), Greenville (South Carolina) as well as Madison, Middleton, Milwaukee, Prairie du Sac, Racine, Spring Green, Stevens Point and West Bend (all Wisconsin).
