Statement
I got my start with photography
while attending college. When I first saw
a black and white photograph appear before my eyes in a tray in
the darkroom, I was hooked. Since that time I have pursued almost
every different facet of photography imaginable, working for every
kind of photographer there is, searching for whatever would inspire
me most. From baby pictures to architectural photography, I have
done it all.
Back in 1996, I came across an artist in the American Southwest
who would change my life. He gave me the encouragement to pursue
photography in the manner I had always dreamed of: fine art. From
that time on, I have been pursuing my grandest dream. And now,
due largely in part to his philosophy, I think of myself as an
artist creating art, not a photographer making photographs.
Since that fateful meeting many years ago, I have begun to passionately
pursue a type of photography previously unknown to me: night photography.
This has changed my life, again: the way I look at subject matter,
and what subject matter I look at. It is thru this new discipline
in photographic art that I am beginning to know and understand
the night: the back alleys of urban and suburban Memphis, the
American Southwest., and the small villages of Luxembourg and
surrounding countries. With each night out, searching for images,
prowling among the shadows for inspiration, I learn a little more
about that inner voice that knows no other than this art form:
Black and White Night Photography.
Biography
Born: October 19, 1970 Meridian MS
Graduated H.S. - Memphis Harding Academy, Memphis
TN, 1989
B.S. - Clinical Psychology (Art Minor) - Lipscomb University,
Nashville TN, Spring 1993
Currently enrolled: Univ of Memphis, Graduate Student
MFA Photography
Currently resides: Collierville TN
Previous Exhibitions
October 2002 - Lee &
Grace Gala, Memphis TN
Sept - Oct 2001 - Urban Music Forum 2001 “Art
and Soul”, Art Village Gallery, Memphis TN
Nov 2000 - Mar 2001 - Mariposa Art Space, Memphis
TN
July 2000 - Memphis Magazine and Center City Commission,
A Photo Essay: “24hrs Downtown”, Memphis TN
Nov 2000 - Germantown Performing Arts Center,
Solo Exhibition, Germantown TN
Jan - Mar 1998 - Hunter
Galleries, Denver CO
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