I have loved photography since I was 12 years old, during my education in high school and at RIT, my two decades as a fashion, advertising, and celebrity photographer, and through my last three decades as a fine art photographer! I have always been fascinated by the spectrum of creative possibilities in photography from absolutely unexpected and found images through carefully constructed photographs with intricate mise en scenes; from capturing the subtleties of natural light through carefully constructed lighting; from appreciation of the image to the sensory, concrete pleasure of the object of art.

From the beginning, the magic of capturing a slice of time and space to be viewed, meditated upon, and saved for the future, enchanted me! And my fascination with light led me to train and work in both photography and film making. As a career I chose photographing fashion, advertising, and celebrities because it is exciting, sexy, and lucrative. When I look at how political the fine art photography gallery scene can be, I feel no guilt whatsoever for my earlier work. It allowed me to afford excellent photographic gear and it taught me incredibly disciplined work habits!

After a nearly fatal horse riding accident while shooting fashion in Brazil I decided to leave the fashion fast lane and move to Barbados where I met and married my wonderful wife Lisa. I had been curating and conserving a number photographic collections and a show by deceased, local photographers when my friend Jeff Rollins said “When you gonna show your own work?” So I began photographing everything that moved, fascinated, or interested me! I remember I was out extremely early one morning to catch the gorgeous dawn light and I felt guilty that I wasn’t making photographs for clients, for money; I realized I was applying all of my craft and creativity to my own artistic photography instead of to the marketing needs of the client. My wife and I had our first show together of her paintings and my fine art photographs in 1998 titled THE DANCE OF LIGHT. It sold very well. I was shocked, shocked I say, to realize I was earning more selling my fine art photographs than doing commercial photography! You could’ve bowled me over with a feather!

Though I’ve continued doing some commercial jobs when they pay well enough, my creative curiosity has led me to widely varied genres of personal, fine art photography. Regardless of your philosophy or religion, one cannot help but feel the wonder of finding the miraculous in the mundane, of re-presenting it as a photograph, and of exercising the craft and creativity of making gorgeous, handmade, fine art, photographic prints.

I also feel great joy in sharing my knowledge and experience with young people who are interested in photography, having taught photography and video production to well over 600 students, on and off over the nearly 30 years that I’ve lived here in Barbados!