My first passion in photography is still plain-old-ordinary, black-and-white, 35 mm film.
I like opening my refrigerator and seeing boxes of film tucked-in along with the olives and fresh parsley on the door. I’m still amazed at putting a solid white piece of paper into a tray of clear liquid and watching an image appear from seemingly nothing. I love that the image is my vision, a little bit of my heart and a little bit of my soul.
My photographs are often of buildings—old ones, empty ones, beautiful ones, sad ones. I’m intrigued by the details in doorknobs, windows, paint flakes, stairways, fixtures and tools. My goal is to capture the energy of the place--to remind us that people lived their lives in these spaces. Teachers taught, children sang, preachers preached, we humans loved, lost, learned and celebrated. I don’t limit myself just to buildings, however, and will take pictures of anything that evokes feeling.
I would love for my photography to help remind us where we came from and who we are.
Wilmington NC, United States