For Imogen Without the Hair Pins

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For Imogen Without the Hair Pins

For Imogen Without the Hair Pins

Imogen Cunningham is another photographer from whom I draw inspiration. In addition to her flower photos, her still lifes, particularly the unmade bed with hair pins scattered atop the sheet, is one of my favorite images.

Homage to Wright Morris

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Silverware

Silverware

There are some images that, for whatever reason, sink into the psyche. Wright Morris’s work, his extraordinary presentations of the ordinary, informs and inspires my own work. He not only takes beautiful photographs, he combines them with text in his novel, The Home Place, which is where his image of silverware in a drawer can be found.

Anti-Selfie

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Shrouded

Shrouded

In the age of selfies, I’m exploring what I call the “anti-selfie,” or an image that involves more interior than exterior portraiture. The purpose of the anti-selfie is not to take a picture of oneself with a celebrity or at some event, but to capture an expression of one’s interiority.