SOME THINGS I HAVE SEEN
The very nature of photography, that ability to capture a moment and revisit it later, at another time, allows us to peer into a window to the past and observe that moment frozen, like a fly trapped in amber. The mind’s eye registers the exact moment you choose to press the shutter and, in the processing that comes later, you seek affirmation in the film of that which you hoped to capture. Yet viewed from the distant perspective of time, the photograph takes on a quality of its own and a certain detachment occurs. The result is a subjective interpretation of the object of my gaze to remain as a still reminder of a single moment.
Dedicated to that single moment, this website explores my work in black and white photography since 1970, when I first began to use the camera as a framing tool. Thank you for visiting; I hope you will find it of interest.
I really cannot remember when I got my first camera, but I was just a kid when my grandmother sent me a Kodak Brownie for my birthday. Later, my uncle gave me a rather nice German viewfinder camera that I used to record important family occasions and the sights, exotic to me then, of those ancient European cities we sometimes visited during school holidays. Since then I’ve owned a couple of Japanese SLRs and an old Leica, a workhorse that has served me well for over forty years.
Working as an art dealer and gallerist often required the use of an instant camera, and for years I used a Polaroid. Then came digital cameras and I tried various models for the gallery, updating as the technology improved. For my own photography I continued to use 35mm cameras, enlarging the prints in my own darkroom. Since 2010, however, I have worked almost exclusively on digital formats, seduced by the large-format sensors, amazing optics, and the advances in printing that are now available, scanning earlier negatives and printing them on archival paper.
I have been photographing all my life. Years ago, I worked as a photojournaist in Brazil, selling my images to magazines (sometimes accompanied by articles), and they have occasionally been exhibited. But for the most part, very few people have seen this work, they are images captured for my own delight.
