Photography allows me to represent the intricate detail of our world: every new leaf on a spring oak tree, or an old farmhouse’s every weathered brick.  I see beauty in these small things and the patterns they create.  Black and white photography is about composition, and composition is about perceiving some pattern in a subject and enhancing that pattern—with the camera, lighting, weather, and the darkroom.

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I shoot most of my images with a view camera because of the large negative and resulting amazing detail this camera captures.  I print my photos in a traditional darkroom, tone them in archival toners, and dry mount the photos on museum board.