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For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It's that magic that can be exciting, disappointing, rewarding and frustrating all in the same few moments in the darkroom.

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I make photographs and still make photographs of the natural environment. It's a love because that was part of my life before I was involved in photography.

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I support any procedure that allows photographers to express themselves, whether that involves color, black and white, platinum, palladium and digital technology.

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I really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret lies within each and every one of us.

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And as part of my activity there, he had indicated he wanted me to work with him on that and conduct the various technical tests. And so a few months later I moved from Southern California up to the Monterey Peninsula where I still live today.

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And friends of mine that had photography class in high school would develop the film and make prints and I'd take them back to the track and give 'em away or try and sell them. Much to my parents' dismay, I majored in photography in college.

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And the camera position, the organization, looking for repeating forms, shapes, trying to set up a visual rhythm seemed to come very natural. All of a sudden I was in a forest of aluminum and steel rather than a forest that we might think of in a traditional sense.

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And then as I frequently do, some times I'll peek out from underneath the focusing cloth and just look around the edges of the frame that I'm not seeing, see if there's something that should be adjusted in terms of changing the camera position.

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Having photographed the landscape for a number of years and specifically working with trees and in the forest I found, without consciously thinking about it, that it was a great learning experience for me in terms of organizing elements.

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He was a very generous soul and was exceptionally dedicated to the medium of photography.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: September 29th, 1942

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