All of my photography work brings me joy, but in recent years, I’ve come
full circle to my first love – photographs for the music industry. I started making pictures in music clubs when I was in college, graduated to concert photography for regional magazines and newspapers, and then began bringing performers back to my studio for pictures we orchestrated. Subsequent work has included projects for record labels, agencies, periodicals, instrument manufacturers and other businesses that support musicians and music. I also work client-direct – with the artists themselves.
My images show a vision of the world that is neither a glossy, artificial version of reality nor brutally direct, unkind documentation. They embrace and encourage what is best in my subjects and coax it forward into the light – as mysterious, or revealing, as that light might be. The photographs I make celebrate what’s beautiful, unique and intriguing, be it an atmospheric environment where you can almost hear the music, or a penetrating gaze into the face of an artist.
Because of my work with advertising agencies and graphic design firms, making photographs to illustrate ads, I’m able to fuse the sensibilities of gently “selling” my subjects with a deep and authentic love for the music they make. The experienced photographer and the passionate music fan come together in my work. For me, it’s a perfect aesthetic solution to apply my talents to making pictures that help market musicians and their music.
In addition to creating pictures for the music industry, I work with periodicals, book publishers, and I collaborate on commercial assignments with graphic design studios and ad agencies. I continue to make fine art, including traditional black and white images, some made on infrared film and – as time allows – processed in my own darkroom and hand-tinted with traditional oil-colors. I accept select personal portrait projects. Periodically I teach and lecture, leading workshops in photographic techniques and portraiture. I also write for publications. Email me for more information about any of the things I do!
All of the photographs you see on my site, and all of the photographs I create, are copyrighted works. Please enjoy them. Many of them are available for licensing for additional uses, but they may not be ‘borrowed’ for any reason without my express permission and a negotiated use fee. Respect the value of personal creativity and copyright in this and every context.