I’ve worked hard for over 20 years avoiding photographing weddings, senior portraits, and the like. However, that is not to say that I don’t occasionally have my camera at such an event. And although I might occasionally be shooting, I am not likely to take the glamour shots the subjects (or their parents) might be hoping for…
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. — Abraham Lincoln
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Our neighborhood of Columbus Park is a 1/2 square mile right in the center of the city with a storied past. One of the oldest neighborhoods in Kansas City, it has a long history of housing immigrants, and by 1920 there were 10,000 newly arrived Italians living in the neighborhood. That eventually changed in the 1970’s as organized crime riddled the neighborhood with violence, leading to an exodus of many Italian residents. Columbus Park, the neighborhood cathedral, and a local non-profit once again opened their arms to new immigrants, and a displaced Vietnamese population was welcomed to begin their pursuit of the American dream. Most recently the neighborhood has become a destination of a new sort of immigrant. Drawn by the amazing history, the diverse community, and the old architectural bones, the creative class has now taken hold in the neighborhood. From my studio door I can see an Italian restaurant that has been in one family since the 1920’s, one of the city’s new collective studios, KC Textile Studio, and a warehouse filled to the ceiling with huge bags of rice to supply the local Asian markets. And if I were to have X-ray vision to see through the trees (and perhaps the new glasses that I have yet to pick out), I could also see the Missouri River and a very, very busy train track. Continue reading
Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity. — Thor Heyerdahl
Mile Marker 376 – 3 pieces 45″x29″ (framed)
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Since I was eight years old, I have used a camera to quiet a world that contains too much visual stimulation for my racing brain. The lens gives me a distance from my environment, and acts as a filter to slow the intake of information so that I can capture what is before me. Once back in my studio, I am afforded the quiet space to consider the collected images, the silence that allows the dialogue to take shape. Continue reading
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“The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations – each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony.” — Ruth Bernhard
Mile Marker 166, 35″x51″
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“And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?” ― Rumi
Mile Marker 225, Triptych each piece measuring 45″x29″
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“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.” — Pablo Neruda
Mile Marker 341, 35×51
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