Photographic Philosophy
Years ago this site highlighted pictures that I had been blessed to capture with a camera over many years as a professional Photojournalist.
With "Retirement" my new "career" became using photography as a gift of affirmation to the local communities around me.
As an ethic I focused on those events and groups that the local media tended to overlook; and where the sponsoring group would not otherwise be able to hire someone.
AND NOW (smile) as time moved on, I settled on just ONE "client" -one that is infinitely challenging and rewarding: The World of Nature. At first I focused on NATURE as seen in the Esopus Bend Nature Preserve. Recently, I have limited myself to Nature as presented in my backyard... still infinitely complex, unique and both ever-changing and ever-challenging.
A famous quote of Yann Arthus-Bertrand is: "The Earth is Art, the photographer is merely a witness." Early on I endorsed that philosphy with the extension that "Life is Art..." NOW, I have returned to the "EARTH."
