All analog. All the time.
Naturally, I’m slow in terms of updating an ever-changing portfolio and I apologize. The science behind it is most challenging, not only by the strained economy but by my own high standards. Nevertheless, you will gain some valuable insight into my world through viewing this photographic website.
The images herein were printed from film negatives in darkrooms in Japan and the United States. All traveled through water and were scanned when dry. No Photoshop applications were used and no digital cameras or flash units were employed. Nikon, Pentax, Yashica and Contax cameras were used exclusively. Had other cameras been laying around, I’d probably have used those, too.
People often ask me when I will begin using digital cameras. I honestly have no answer, because I have shot analog film for 20 years and I like it’s surprises, discrepancies and odd serendipidy. Film is expensive, but so are cigarettes and fashionable clothing. The choices me make are our own.
Thanks to everyone who has helped me continue to make work over the years. Even tiny echoes of graceful support have been heard and digested, pressing me to make the best images possible at nearly impossible odds.
I have been working on an art book project intensely over the past five years. A sample assortment of its contents, most of which are still secret, will be available to interested publishers.