ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Photographed with iPhone 6s

AUTHOR
I was a commercial photographer during the Ansel Adams heyday. Now days, I tell someone I attended an Ansel Adams workshop and they reply: "Who is Ansel Adams?" I changed careers many years ago but Zone System, black and white photography has remained a passionate hobby and an expression of my inner voice. I haven't been in a darkroom or worked with film for years. I joined the digital age in 2000. LightRoom is my new darkroom and I get to dodge and burn and tweak my files in such a familiar and satisfying way. If a picture is worth a thousand words, why do photographers have to spill their guts about what they print? Why does a photo have to shock, confront, agitate, or make a social statement to have value. If I can't show you what is beautiful, ugly, sad, joyful, without having to explain it to you, then I failed as a photographer. I see the world without people but with their collective imprint melded into the ever evolving landscape. The world is full of Picassos, Miros, Pollocks, Matisses, Rothkos, Mondrians, Klees...hanging everywhere. I walk past them in an alley and truly feel a responsibility to capture them, unveil them in LightRoom, and set them free. My responsibility is not to snap a shutter, throw on some gimmicky apps and come up with some catchy title, rather I'm a technician with a creative sole. By the way, what makes this more fun is I'm shooting with an iPhone. AND I rock with color too. That's the more joyful, over-the-top side of me. I live to achieve total heaviosity.

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