My older brother is an Eagle Scout. I think he really enjoyed being a Boy Scout. His younger brother did not, which I think disappointed my parents. The adult leaders in the troop who knew my brother seemed surprised that I wasn't like my brother. Before I was a Boy Scout though, my brother and I embarked on an adventure that lives on in our family lore to this day. I don't know how old I was the day that he and I set out on a hike into the woods, but I was young enough that he was pulling me behind him in a red wagon. In those days, if you were to cross the road in front of our house and star ..read more

Exciting news! My project, "The lawn was like a hay field," will be showcased at the Arts League of Lowell's Greenwald Gallery starting on April 24th! Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, April 27th, at 3pm. The reception is of course free and open to the public.  I'm presenting photographs that I created when I was a teenager in the small town in which I was born and raised, juxtaposed with ones that I made there in the last couple of years. It’s a story filled with memories of growing up in that time and place, and how we've both changed and stayed the same. At the reception ..read more

This one is about me. This winter, in fact since mid-summer, I have been experiencing a sort of existential crisis concerning myself as an artist. I attended a workshop in July that was a pretty negative experience, a  disaster really, mostly having to do with the instructor. I partially blame myself as well for the careless way in which I chose the workshop. Not surprisingly, I did meet several very talented and creative photographers at the workshop, but I found the dynamic fostered by the instructor pretty much sucked the life out of most of us. Possibly because of this experience, I r ..read more

Virginia Prak came by the studio the other evening for a very informal photo shoot. Virginia is a college student, pageant winner, as well as a dancer, instructor and board member of the Angkor Dance Troupe here in Lowell, Massachusetts. This year is the 30th anniversary of the Troupe. Click here for more about this great organization.  I hesitate to feature just one of the Angkor dancers over the other, very talented dancers. To be honest, I'd love to photograph many of them! So maybe this is a start. As it happens though, she and I had a little conversation starter as my wife, Amy, was ..read more

The softcover version of my photography book, The lawn was like a hay field, is now available through my online store. Click here to go to the store! I was both happy and sad when I announced my first edition, as it was a limited one, and while it sold out in the first day, there were also people who missed out. This new softcover edition is commercially printed so I anticipate having plenty of copies available. Buy the book! The lawn was like a hay field is my photography book recalling life growing up in a small town in New Hampshire. It is a project that has been a long time in the making ..read more

First the good news: The hand-made, first-edition of my book, "the lawn was like a hay field", sold out on the first day that I announced its availability! I am extremely grateful for all of the interest! So the bad news is that they're gone. I am truly sorry if anyone was disappointed because they were not able to snag a copy. The news may not be SO bad though. I am actively researching commercial printing options for a 2nd edition. I really enjoyed printing and hand-binding each of the books in the 1st edition, but it is really an investment in time and materials, so “limiting” the number i ..read more

the lawn was like a hay field Buy the book! My book is now available for purchase! The book, "the lawn was like a hay field", is a limited, first-edition, hand-made photography book recalling my life growing up in a small town in New Hampshire. Each copy of this hand-crafted book has been designed and hand-sewn by me. All of the book's 72 pages of my photographs and writings are archival ink-jet-printed, so the images in the book are actually high-quality photographic prints; the images are not reproductions. Currently available as a limited first-edition of 18, each book has been numbered an ..read more

All 18 copies of my limited edition, hand-made photo book, "the lawn was like a hay field", are finished! The books are 8.5 x 8.5 inch, 72-page, hand-made, hard-cover books, and the pages are all ink-jet-printed, so the photographs are just that, not reproductions. The content, design, and printing of this piece is something that I have been working on for more than a year; in a way, actually for 55 years. Some of the photographs in the book are ones that I had created when I was a teenager in the small town in which I grew up, sequenced along with ones that I made there in the last couple of ..read more

When I embarked on this project I don't think I was thinking that creating a book would be easy. But I don't think I knew how big this project would end up being either. The process of creating the content of the book, from making the photographs and writing the text, to working with Emily Belz to select and sequence the photos, to working with Doug Sparks to get the text right, to ink-jet printing the entire 72 page book - 16 times, and now to actually making the hand-made books...has taken me about a year to get to this point. I still have a lot of book binding work to do, but the completed ..read more

The journey continues. There are still places where you and I can buy, or borrow books; the kind of books made of paper. I have a much better appreciation now for the work that goes into making such creations. My journey through this process is one that involves mere photographs, and a few words. But I know now that the making requires more than just a concept, an idea, or even the raw material. It requires persistence and dedication; almost obsession. The past couple of weeks I have been trying to finalize the content and the form of what I want to create, with the invaluable help of my ment ..read more