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About Me
I grew up in Burlingame, California and went to Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, graduating in 1974 with a degree in Theater Arts. It was while living in New York City after graduation that I first picked up a camera, learning how to develop film at home and make prints in the darkroom. I left New York to return to California in the early 80’s, landing a job as a software programmer, a career in which I stayed for the rest of my professional life, working as a programmer, designer, manager and software architect. Along the way photography got lost, other than the usual vacation and special event snapshots.
After retiring in 2014, I decided to dive back into photography. At first my work was all digital. In 2019 I started to work with palladium, using digital negatives to produce palladium prints.
After volunteering at the Center For Photographic Art (CPA) in Carmel, CA for several years, I joined CPA’s Board of Trustees in 2018 and in February of 2019 I became Board President. I also am a member of ImageMakers in Monterey, CA
I reside in Carmel Valley, CA with my wife Elneda and our black lab Norton.
Exhibitions
2021
5th Annual Alternative Process Photography Exhibition, The Image Flow Photography Center, Mill Valley, CA - Niniane Kelley, Brian Taylor, and Ed Carey, Jurors
2020
unique: alternative processes, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX - Jill Enfield, Juror. “Visitors’ Award” winner.
Smile Your Daily Photograph (YourDailyPhotography.com) October 2, 2020. Daniel Miller, curator.
8x10 Fundraising Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
(s)Light of Hand, Photographer’s Eye Collective and Gallery, Escondido CA - Dan Burkholder, Juror & Donna Cosentino, Director. Director’s Special Honor Award winner
In the Shadow of Corona, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA - Robert Reese, Curator
Landscape, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vt - Ann Jastrab, Juror
Self Isolation, Your Daily Photograph (YourDailyPhotography.com) May 5, 2020. Daniel Miller, curator.
2019
8x10 Fundraising Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Your Daily Photograph (YourDailyPhotography.com) June 26, 2019. Daniel Miller, curator.
2018
Celebrating Monterey County, Arts Council For Monterey County, Salina, CA - Dexter Farm, Eric Mora and Alejandro Sandoval, Jurors
International Juried Exhibition (Web Gallery), Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA - Eve Schillo, Juror
8x10 Fundraising Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Fauna, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA
Fifth Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition (Web Gallery), Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, CA - Catherine Couturier, Juror
2018 Members’ Juried Exhibition (Web Gallery), Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA - Charles Cramer, Juror
Friends of Photography Commemorative Online Juried Competition: In Celebration of Light, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA - Richard Gadd, Juror
2017
Street Photography, West Coast Focus (TV show) - Steve Zmak, Host
Miniatures 2017, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
8x10 Fundraising Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
2017 National Juried Photography Competition and Exhibition, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR - Stu Levy, Juror
The Volunteers from the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, Redwood Shores Library Gallery, Redwood Shores, CA - Marty Springer, Curator
ImageMakers: 20 Years of Creativity, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
1st Annual Photographic Competition and Exhibition, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA - George Simian, Richard Vogel, Brian C. Moss, Karen Hampton, Jeff Alu, Jurors
Landscape and Nature Photography, West Coast Focus (TV show) - Steve Zmak, Host
2016
After Jeffers: Photography from Poetry, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel CA - Robert Reese, Curator
International Juried Exhibition (Web Gallery), Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA - Linde Lehtinen PhD, Juror
Apertures (Honorable Mention, Landscape), Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA
8x10 Fundraising Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
New Wave 2016 Exhibition, Monterey Arts Council, Monterey, CA - Mel Barrett, Juror
2016 Members’ Juried Exhibition (Web Gallery), Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA - Heather Snider, Juror
2015
International Juried Exhibition (Web Gallery), Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA - Robert Hirsch, Juror
8x10 Fundraising Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Open: 2015 Exhibition, Amblewood Gallery, Chattahoochee Hills, GA - Carla Royal and Logynn Farrall, Jurors
2015 Members’ Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA - Richard Gadd, Juror
In addition, my work is in the collection of the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, CA