Bio

I have vivid memories of recess at grammar school in the Bronx, NY. As my classmates burned off their pent-up energy on the playground, a friend and I would sit against the fence intently observing the others at play. Robert liked to narrate their activities, framing what he saw as a TV show, but I would sit silently, capturing in my young mind stilled moments of the action before me, usually moments of surprise or the unusual. In a way, not much has changed for me. I remain attracted to observing and fixing moments of human activity that play out before me.

As a young boy, I snapped photos with my father’s Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid Land cameras and then purchased my first 35mm camera in college. Eager to express myself visually, I photographed campus politics and life on the streets.

As a high school teacher in the Hudson Valley of New York, I walked the streets of Manhattan on the weekends, recording both the people and “landscapes” of the city. What caught my eye then (and still does now) was both the vibrancy of human activity and the quiet of architectural spaces. Wanting more professional training, I studied at the School of Visual Arts in NYC and the Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY, both of which honed my skills and deepened my appreciation for my first influences, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Diane Arbus, Bruce Davidson and Robert Doisneau.

Today, everyone has a camera and everyone is a photographer. Nevertheless, by staying true to one’s own vision - finding it, acknowledging it, and expressing it - we can stand apart from the crowd of others who click, snap, and upload. Though I now shoot a bit more of the natural world and portraiture, I remain true to my first vision from the playground, observing and shooting the streets, looking for the odd, the quirky, and sometimes the quiet in everyday life, shooting mostly B&W but also faux color infrared images.

Exhibit and accomplishment history

The Subway” Third Place: The School of Visual Arts Student Gallery Exhibit, New York, NY
“Hudson Valley Challenges” The Catskill Center of Photography, Woodstock, NY
Solo Exhibit Poughkeepsie City Hall, Poughkeepsie, NY
Barrett House, Dutchess County Art Association Annual Juried Show, Poughkeepsie NY
“NYC Trumpet Player” Best in Show: Combined Arts Exhibit, IBM Boca Raton, FL
Solo Exhibit “Canvassing: The Oddities & Quirks of Everyday Life” Seaboard Wine Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Capital City Camera Club Annual Photography Exhibit 2015-17: City of Raleigh Museum, Raleigh, NC
Annual Juried Photography Exhibit 2015, Cary Photographic Artists, Cary Senior Center, Cary NC Capital City Camera Club 2015 Photographer of the Year Award
Annual Juried Photography Exhibit 2016, Cary Photographic Artists, Cary Senior Center, Cary NC “The Doors of New Orleans” Naomi Studio and Gallery, Durham, NC
“A Sense of… Space” Exhibit by the Image Salon, Roundabout Art Collective, Raleigh, NC
“Hands” second Place: Annual Juried Photography Exhibit 2017, Cary Photographic Artists, Cary Senior Center, Cary NC
“The Value of Aging” Juried Exhibit, Cary NC
“Grossman Memorial Exhibit Open Show2016 ” Through This Lens Gallery, Durham NC “In the Footsteps of Diane Arbus”, Exhibit by the Image Salon, Halle Cultural Arts Center, Apex NC
A Sense of John Lennon’s Lucy in the Sky”, Exhibit by the Image Salon, Seaboard Wine Gallery, Raleigh NC
In the Footsteps of Marcel Duchamp”, Exhibit by the Image Salon, Halle Cultural Arts Center, Apex NC
“In the Footsteps of Federico Fellini - The Surreal”, Exhibit by the Image Salon, Durham Arts Council, Durham NC
Solo Exhibit 2018, Chef’s Palette Gallery, Cary NC
“About Face - Three Artists, Three Visions” 2017 Seaboard Wine Gallery, Raleigh, NC
“Unseen: Photography Beyond The Visible Juried Show” 2017, Providence Center for Photographic Artists, Providence, RI
“Less Than A Thousand Words”, Exhibit by the Image Salon, Through This Lens Gallery, Durham NC
“Grossman Memorial Exhibit Open Show 2017 ” Through This Lens Gallery, Durham NC
“New York City: Then and Now”, Exhibit by the Image Salon, Cary NC
“Petcasso 2017 ” Juried Show, Litmus Gallery, Raleigh, NC
“Abtracts Matter 2017 ” Juried Show, Litmus Gallery, Raleigh, NC
“Exposed Nudes in Art 2017” Juried Show, Litmus Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Solo Show, Fiction Kitchen Gallery, Raleigh, NC
“Anything Goes 2018” Juried Show, Litmus Gallery, Raleigh NY
“Gardens and Flowers” Juried Show 2018, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC
“Grossman Memorial Exhibit Open Show 2018 ” Through This Lens Gallery, Durham NC “Nudes in Art 2018” Juried Show, Litmus Gallery, Raleigh, NC
“Black and White” Juried Show 2018, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC
“Harmony’ First Place, B&W: Annual Juried Photography Exhibit 2021, Cary Photographic Artists, Cary Senior Center, Cary NC
Solo Exhibit: Polaroids 2022, Cary Arts Center, Cary NC
Sci-Fi Cities and Pinhole Obscura Images, 2022 Page Walker Gallery, Cary, NC