devil’s night hotel

Inspired by the damage of my film by a lab last fall, I have been distressing my negatives and transparencies with fire,  combustible liquids, cleaning solvents and the like. It's been years since I have literally destroyed my work and it's liberating. Although some of the processes I am using create images that are  more the results of chance than technique(s), the images I am choosing and the...

It’s always Christmas in Detroit

The blight of Detroit, it is a photographers visual playground. The city despite feeling deserted, dirty and very dark at night (in some areas), is absolutely gorgeous. It boasts one of the largest surviving collections of late 19th and 20th century buildings :  Art Deco Skyscrapers, Neo-Renaissance hotels, Romanesque churches, Gothic Revival designs as well as Contemporary, Modern and Post Modern structures. There was a lot of money...

RMG Exposed 2012!

I am thrilled to be a finalist in the RMG Exposed! Photography Auction. That's the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa ON,  juried photo competition!  The RMG is: "The largest public gallery in Durham Region, the RMG occupies an inspired 36,000 square foot building designed by world-renowned architect Arthur Erickson. Featuring a Permanent Collection of over 4000 works of art, four galleries of diverse & changing exhibitions, vibrant programs,...

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