I have always had a great interest in the visual arts and finally decided to pursue photography in my mid-thirties in the early 1980’s. At that time, color photography had begun supplanting black & white for serious work in the photographic realm and I followed the trend. However, as I pursued my self-taught studies, the world of black & white began to intrigue me more and more. I was greatly influenced by the images of Ansel Adams, Walker Evans, Russell Lee, Margaret Bourke-White and Dorothea Lange. After shooting 35 mm for several years, I acquired a medium format camera...more