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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. The results you can see here.
I am a member of ImageMakers in Monterey, CA and a member photographer and volunteer at The Center For Photographic Art in Carmel, CA. I reside in Carmel Valley, CA with my wife Elneda and our two black labs, Mulligan and Norton. Aside from photography, I volunteer with the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District and Norton and I are a therapy dog team at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula.
Exhibitions
2018
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