BIO
Bio
My obsession with photography dates back to elementary school when I discovered
that the camera could carry some weight on the playground. Our house had a
darkroom which was not ventilated. The fumes, together with the Stones, Dylan
and Abba were intoxicating. It’s no wonder I spent most of my childhood there.
In junior high, when on a trip to New York, I stumbled across a shoot happening in
Washington Square Park. Cheryl Tiegs was the model and I had my camera.
When I brought the pics to school and showed them around, my popularity soared
and I scored the job of photo editor of the school newspaper. Little did I know this
would be my lucky break. My then colleague Jimmy Hirsch went on to be a writer
for the New York Times and somehow talked them into giving me an actual assignment.
It went well and they gave me a couple more. It was official. I could legitimately say I shot
for the New York Times. That was 1986. The following year I got my next lucky break -
I married Hilary, whose patience, maturity and wisdom netted us three now-grown children
(none of which are currently living in the basement).
After 40+ years of shooting, my relationship with photography is healthier than ever.
I work to balance commercial assignments, personal work and pro bono work. I have
begrudgingly lived through the transition from film to digital. If I ran for president, my
platform would be the world needs fewer, better photographs and I would heavily fund
the ‘slow photography’ movement. Putting my time where my mouth is, I have adopted
a forgotten photographic process, the photogravure, and am deeply diving into its preservation.
Hilary is very supportive of my photogravure obsession. So much so that even when
she can’t sleep, she asks about it…
Thanks for visiting and I look forward to collaborating together.
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Selected Collections
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Collection of Sir Elton John
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
National Galleries of Scotland
New York Public Library
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Smithsonian Institution Museum of American History
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Publications, Press and Presentations
2018 New York Times Revisiting the Images of Alfred Stieglitzʼs Camera Work Magazine
2018 Black + White Photography, Issue 222, November
2015 The Origins of Photography, Past and Present; Pattern Shop Studio
2013 Oxford University Press; Fires, Fuel, and the Fate of Three Billion: Portraits of the Energy Impoverished
2012 Der Spiegel, Nr. 4, Wissen: Abschied nehmen Vom Umgang mit Sterben
2011 Modern Uses of Alt Processes, RedLine Denver
2009 St. Louis Art Museum, Guest Lecture
2007 TED 100 WebsitesYou Should Know and Use, Julius Wiedmann, Taschen GmbH
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Selected Awards
2019 Communication Arts Photography Annual
2018 National ADDY, Ferguson Voices
2016 Communication Arts Photography Annual
2013 Communication Arts Photography Annual
2012 Communication Arts Photography Annual
2011 Communication Arts Photography Annual (cover)
2011 Luerzer’s Archive 200 Best Photographers Worldwide
2007 Communication Arts Photography Annual
2005 Communication Arts Photography Annual
2001 Communication Arts Photography Annual
2000 Communication Arts Photography Annual
1998 Communication Arts Photography Annual
1996 Communication Arts Photography Annual
1994 Communication Arts Photography Annual
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Clients
Arnold Worldwide
At&T
Bristol Myers Squibb
Draft/Fcb
Carnival
Colgate
Crispin
Porter + Bogusky
Energy
BBDO
Foundation for Ecological Security
Fedex Global
Goodby
Silverstein & Partners
Green Mountain
Hershey
Humana
Intel
Jack Daniel's
Jack Morton Worldwide
JWT
Leo Burnett
Microsoft
McCann
Nestle Purina
Novartis
P&G
Publicis
Riney
Ritz-Carlton
Saatchi
Sandbox
Smithsonian Magazine
The New York Times
U.S. Marines
U.S. Army
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Subjects
Neil Young
Lady Antebellum
Brett Favre
Bill Clinton
Alan Greenspan
Paul Allen
Ernie Banks
Lebron James
Shawn Johnston
Dale Earnhardt, Jr
Donald Trump
Christy Turlington
August Busch
Kathleen Sebelius
Emeril Lagasse
Cal Ripken