Black and white photography, night photography, painting with light, time exposures and other experimental techniques are the focus of the majority of my photographs.

  Grave Stone in an old Eastern Shore Graveyard
  A recycled bathroom tile and some marbles. Crickets, and the silence that lives deeply in all of us. Our little piece of existence chipped out of, but always present, in eternity. With some sacrete and found objects, here lies a real monument to something beyond names.

     Looking back over the photographs I’ve taken, death seems to emerge as a theme. I’m sure I’m not the only one who might think that it is puzzling. Considering walking, living, breathing, seeing; what’s up when it stops? You can answer, nothing, it all stops, etc. Yet it’s the light from this unknown, is it not, that illuminates the living, breathing, world ? I guess, if it's unspeakable, it’s time to shut up.

       It’s the trappings and the rituals of passing over that have been of interest. “Is God Love? God is Love” is the most important of these photos to me. I spent a lot of time in that grave yard, with the chant of the crickets by day, and the grunts of the frogs by night. Most of the grave markers with no name, since, given time, it’s the spirit of life, not particulars, that could interest the living. There’s something wrapped around all this sound and fury. It is a silence .

      Recently I came across some family/church grave sites on the Sound side of Hatteras Island. They were stretched through the live oaks. And from my visit last year, a family grave surrounded by a shrine of sorts and another site located not far from the Sound, which may have flooded it.
      Charlottesville has one of the most interesting art deco buildings, designed to resemble a grave stone. It's the W. Hartman Memorial Building.

 
The Car Series

These are all taken on a 4X5 Graphic press camera. They are time exposures taken at night.

Self-Portraits

Pictures of moi. Just what you were hoping to avoid, eh? On the other hand, who else is around and will put up with this?

Portraits

Taken with medium  format cameras with various lighting styles, including the now-infamous flashlight.

 Night Photographs

My specialty for many years. Large format and designed for high resolution viewing, they are difficult to show successfully on the web.....

Journalistic Photographs

From my days on the Queen Anne's Record Observer, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Photographs of Work

Taken with both large and small format
cameras.

Bar Photographs

Most of these were taken years ago, when I lived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The majority are small format. I used a 35mm with a 28mm wide angle for almost all photos then.

Chairs

That's right, photographs of chairs. Have a seat . . .

Odds and Ends

Links
Bill Emory

A black and white photographer who also has worked in Charlottesville, Va. There are many excellent photos here. "His black-and-white images are at once spontaneous and carefully imagined, glances and good, long looks- at the world, at our neighbors, at ourselves." Quote from Amy Lemley's review.

Andy Brooks -
Fine Art Black & White Photography		 A Canadian based photographer with excellent architectural photographs in black and white. You should also check out the gallery of photographs from Holland Marsh called "Life on the Canal."
Dichoy Dong

These are some of the most interesting spontaneous street photographs I've seen.
Pictures of Ireland

Night Photography of Dublin and Ireland by Philip Pankov, award-winning Irish photographer.

The Agora Gallery

Contemporary fine art gallery with locations in the SoHo and Chelsea art districts of New York City. Exhibiting painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and mixed medias. Artist portfolios are reviewed. Has been sponsoring the SoHo - Chelsea International Art Competition since 1984.
Totku Abstract photography and images of nature by cambodian photographer Ciro Totku.
Pangupamarta Some fascinating photography from Sulawesi. The black and white ceremony shots are incredible
ExplorePhotography An excellent resource on photography, both digital and film.
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