I am an analogue woman in a digital world. I invested in a digital camera a few years ago, but I still haven’t used it. I was born in New York City and raised in Hollywood. My mother was a glamour photographer (4 x 5 Graflex). When I was five, she handed me an Agfaflex. I devoured stacks of Life Magazines, sharpening my eye and making pictures of the neighbors and spontaneous happenings along Sunset Boulevard. Over the years I graduated to different tools--remembering my mother's words: "It's the eye, not the equipment." As a young journalist, I freelanced for the LA Times, LA magazine, Free Press, Penthouse, Viva and more. I am a writer who makes black and white portraits with available light. I’ve documented Henry Miller, Muhammad Ali, and became Charles Bukowski's exclusive photographer for a time. I grew weary of photographing celebrities and spent time on the streets with a couple of homeless women, writing feature stories for the San Diego Union. That changed my life and set me on a path to follow my own dream: to live and work in Europe. I've been in Amsterdam since 1987 and have traveled extensively, making extensive travel reportage about the Nordic countries: Finland, Norway, Iceland. I've had exhibitions in London, Helsinki, Amsterdam. I continue making portraits because I am interested in a different kind of dialogue with people. I don’t believe in looking back. I keep moving forward.
