Steve/Damascus
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my work
my concern
our travels
youtube
videos
books
contact
blog
wander
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m y j o u r n e y
My journey began in 1973, processing black and white film. Unwinding a still-wet roll of film, fixer running down my forearm, dripping off my elbow. Marveling at the images. It was alchemy of the highest order; magic to a 12-year-old. The die was cast and I've never looked back.
To avoid boring you with un-necessary details, I've worked as a professional photographer, trade-show photographer, newspaper photojournalist, camera salesman and darkroom technician.
I would like to think my work has been influenced by Minor White, Jerry Burchard, Edward Weston and Art Kane. I challenge myself to produce work that is uncommon in the current ocean of digital art.
When I need inspiration, I open my favorite photography books; "Darkroom" and "Darkroom 2" by Lustrum Press, "Minor White: A Living Remembrance" by Aperture and "Fred Picker's Collected Works. If those fail, I channel Dennis Hopper's character "Photojournalist" from "Apocalypse Now".
Self-portrait at home, c. 1982 The young artist in Italy, 1975 High school photography club
To avoid boring you with un-necessary details, I've worked as a professional photographer, trade-show photographer, newspaper photojournalist, camera salesman and darkroom technician.
I would like to think my work has been influenced by Minor White, Jerry Burchard, Edward Weston and Art Kane. I challenge myself to produce work that is uncommon in the current ocean of digital art.
When I need inspiration, I open my favorite photography books; "Darkroom" and "Darkroom 2" by Lustrum Press, "Minor White: A Living Remembrance" by Aperture and "Fred Picker's Collected Works. If those fail, I channel Dennis Hopper's character "Photojournalist" from "Apocalypse Now".
A big thanks to my friend Scott Emery for my Dennis Hopper photo!
m y w o r k
A Personal Project: "1972 to the present"
Photos that represent my life as a photographer.
Iceland - Portfolio II
Iceland - Portfolio I
Silver Salts
Some work on film
Basilicae Maioris
Rome, Italy
A Private Collection
Homage To Rothko
Memories
Ode to Thomas Hardy
Smiling Faces
Chicago Pride parade
Editorial Work
From my years as a photojournalist
Portrait work
Accidental memories
A glimpse of my family life c. 1975
Fetes De La Nuit
Night reveals what the day conceals.
Nudes In Light
Nudes In Motion
The kenitic human form
Postcards From My Travels
Madness
Perhaps a slow descent
Fetes De La Nuit
A Personal Project: "1972 to the present"
Photos that represent my life as a photographer.
Iceland - Portfolio II
Iceland - Portfolio I
Silver Salts
Some work on film
Basilicae Maioris
Rome, Italy
A Private Collection
Homage To Rothko
Memories
Ode to Thomas Hardy
Smiling Faces
Chicago Pride parade
Editorial Work
From my years as a photojournalist
Portrait work
Accidental memories
A glimpse of my family life c. 1975
Fetes De La Nuit
Night reveals what the day conceals.
Nudes In Light
Nudes In Motion
The kenitic human form
Postcards From My Travels
Madness
Perhaps a slow descent
m y c o n c e r n
(on animal rights)
"The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?"
-- Jeremy Bentham
"It is man's concern for all living creatures that truly makes him human."
-- Albert Schweitzer
"The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?"
-- Jeremy Bentham
"It is man's concern for all living creatures that truly makes him human."
-- Albert Schweitzer
o u r t r a v e l s
2023
Dinner in the Diner
2023
Icelandic Adventure!
2022
Christmas Cruise!
2022
Canada & New England Cruise
2021
Christmas Cruise
2019
Christmas Cruise
2019
Canada & New England
2018
Christmas Cruise
2018
Our Second Adventure to Cuba
2018
Our Adventure to Cuba
2018
Canada and New England 2018
2017
Christmas & New Years Cruise
2017
Spring Cruise
2016
Christmas Cruise
2016
Our Cruise to the Baltics
2015
Christmas & New Years Cruise
2015
Summer Cruise
2014
Christmas Cruise!
2014
Galapagos Islands Adventure!
2014
The Disney Dream
2014
Spring Cruise
2013
Cruise to Europe!
2013
Last sailing of Monarch of the Seas
2012
Christmas Cruise!
2011
Our First Italian Adventure
2023
Dinner in the Diner
2023
Icelandic Adventure!
2022
Christmas Cruise!
2022
Canada & New England Cruise
2021
Christmas Cruise
2019
Christmas Cruise
2019
Canada & New England
2018
Christmas Cruise
2018
Our Second Adventure to Cuba
2018
Our Adventure to Cuba
2018
Canada and New England 2018
2017
Christmas & New Years Cruise
2017
Spring Cruise
2016
Christmas Cruise
2016
Our Cruise to the Baltics
2015
Christmas & New Years Cruise
2015
Summer Cruise
2014
Christmas Cruise!
2014
Galapagos Islands Adventure!
2014
The Disney Dream
2014
Spring Cruise
2013
Cruise to Europe!
2013
Last sailing of Monarch of the Seas
2012
Christmas Cruise!
2011
Our First Italian Adventure
v i d e o s
Ansel Adams
Master of Black and White
David Bailey
In The Studio With David Bailey
Jerry Burchard
Night photography
Rene Burri
Photographer Rene Burri
Lewis Carroll
Sincerely Yours
Lewis Carroll
The Secret World Of Lewis Carroll
Linda Connor
Linda Connor: Great Artists
Ralph Gibson
Finding an Identity in the Digital Age
Sally Mann
The Life and Work of Sally Mann
Joel Meyerowitz
Pulse of the Street
Duane Michals
Behind the Scenes
Robert Osborn
Portrait of a Portrait Photographer
Fred Picker
Zone VI Workshop
Josef Sudek
The Poet of Prague
Jerry Uelsmann
Visual Poetry
Edward Weston
Photography Secrets of His Darkroom
Edward Weston
The Photographer
Edward Weston
The Day Books of Edward Weston
Minor White
The Photography of Minor White
Masao Yamamoto
The Space Between Flowers
Ansel Adams
Master of Black and White
David Bailey
In The Studio With David Bailey
Jerry Burchard
Night photography
Rene Burri
Photographer Rene Burri
Lewis Carroll
Sincerely Yours
Lewis Carroll
The Secret World Of Lewis Carroll
Linda Connor
Linda Connor: Great Artists
Ralph Gibson
Finding an Identity in the Digital Age
Sally Mann
The Life and Work of Sally Mann
Joel Meyerowitz
Pulse of the Street
Duane Michals
Behind the Scenes
Robert Osborn
Portrait of a Portrait Photographer
Fred Picker
Zone VI Workshop
Josef Sudek
The Poet of Prague
Jerry Uelsmann
Visual Poetry
Edward Weston
Photography Secrets of His Darkroom
Edward Weston
The Photographer
Edward Weston
The Day Books of Edward Weston
Minor White
The Photography of Minor White
Masao Yamamoto
The Space Between Flowers
b o o k s
Jain Kelly ed.
Darkroom 2.
Lustrum Press
Eleanor Lewis ed.
Darkroom.
Lustrum Press.
Aperture Press
Edward Weston: Portraits.
Aperture Press, New York, NY, 1995
Nancy Newhall ed.
Edward Weston: The Flame of Recognition.
Aperture Press, New York, NY, 1963
Danziger, James & Conrad III, Barnaby.
Interviews With Master Photographers.
New York: Paddington Press Ltd.
Richard Bach
Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A Story.
Macmillian & Co., New York, NY, 1970
Fred Picker
The Fine Print.
Dummerston, VT: Hill Farm Press, 1975
Nathan Lyons ed.
The Legacy of Minor White.
Rochester, NY: Greenburg Gallery, 2008
Art Kane
The Persuasive Image.
Alskog, Inc., 1974-1975
Bert Stern
The Photo Illustration.
Alskog, Inc., 1974-1975
Duane Michaels
The Photographic Illusion.
Alskog, Inc., 1974-1975
Elliott Erwitt
The Private Experience.
Alskog, Inc., 1974-1975
Andy Merrifield
The Wisdom of Donkeys.
New York: Westchester Book Group
Fred Picker
Zone VI Workshop.
New York, NY: Amphoto Books, 1974
Jain Kelly ed.
Darkroom 2.
Lustrum Press
Eleanor Lewis ed.
Darkroom.
Lustrum Press.
Aperture Press
Edward Weston: Portraits.
Aperture Press, New York, NY, 1995
Nancy Newhall ed.
Edward Weston: The Flame of Recognition.
Aperture Press, New York, NY, 1963
Danziger, James & Conrad III, Barnaby.
Interviews With Master Photographers.
New York: Paddington Press Ltd.
Richard Bach
Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A Story.
Macmillian & Co., New York, NY, 1970
Fred Picker
The Fine Print.
Dummerston, VT: Hill Farm Press, 1975
Nathan Lyons ed.
The Legacy of Minor White.
Rochester, NY: Greenburg Gallery, 2008
Art Kane
The Persuasive Image.
Alskog, Inc., 1974-1975
Bert Stern
The Photo Illustration.
Alskog, Inc., 1974-1975
Duane Michaels
The Photographic Illusion.
Alskog, Inc., 1974-1975
Elliott Erwitt
The Private Experience.
Alskog, Inc., 1974-1975
Andy Merrifield
The Wisdom of Donkeys.
New York: Westchester Book Group
Fred Picker
Zone VI Workshop.
New York, NY: Amphoto Books, 1974
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