I picked up a camera in high school and was soon shooting for the local paper. I earned a degree in photojournalism. I've worked as a photojournalist, commercial and editorial photographer.
The photojournalism has never left my eye and influences my professional people, dog and fine art work with the Holga. My earliest photography influences include Mary Ellen Mark, Susan Meiselas, Nick Ut, David Alan Harvey, David Hume, Annie Griffiths Belt, Kennerly, Henrî Cartier-Bresson and so many Vietnam-era photojournalists.
In 1995 I began a pathway of teaching beginning with basic film and darkroom photography. I now teach digital photography, multimedia and photojournalism in higher education for the Colorado Mountain College Isaacson School For New Media and (formerly) Community College of Denver. I conduct workshops for the Digital Photography Academy in Denver and teach privately.
My professional photography includes people, Western themes and dogs. Also: architectural projects, events, corporate, portraiture and the bread and butter of running a photography company!
