Sept. 11

I lived in New York for one year 2000-2001. We lived in Brooklyn first by the Brooklyn Bridge and I took this shot one night coming home, and didn't really think about the twin towers that rose up in the distance. I was there on Sept. 11th when they disappeared for good though I never took any pictures that day. It was just too horrific.

Life Support Japan

Crista Dix and Aline Smithson have done the incredible! They have galvanized the photographic community and created Life Support Japan. Prints are available for $50 each and the work is breathtaking!

All proceeds will go to support:
Direct Relief International, http://www.directrelief.org and
Habitat for Humanity Japan, http://www.habitat.org

Life Support Japan is on the Wall Space Gallery site. While you are there check out the Tom Chambers and Bill Vaccaro exhibitions too!

new collages

I have always loved when people collage images and write on them and have been trying to do a few myself. Here is one of my first ones.

Post Christmas Shots

These images symbolize the end of the Christmas season.

Photo Roulette

So, I am going back to an old project called photo roulette. Basically, my camera assigns a 4 digit number to my images and I noticed when I looked for my images, that many old images also came up with the same number. So, I choose a number at random (using a random software program) then from the results I choose 2 images to pair together. In this last round, I have been adding text. It is the first thing that comes to my mind when I look at the photos together.

The Ragdale House Speaks

The Ragdale House Speaks is finished and we had a book signing party last week at the Ragdale House. Thanks so much to everyone who came!

My photographs from the book will be up in the house through the New Year and copies of the book are available for $45 through through the Ragdale Foundation (www.Ragdale.org).

What an amazing journey it has been. I spend last Saturday hanging images all over the house and it was a glorious fall day and I kept seeing new shots as the light kept changing. The house has held my interest for over a year, as the light and feel change with each season.

Here are some images from the book:

There is a wonderful article about Susan Tillett (the author) and the project in the Lake Forest newspaper here.

Ragdale

I am working on a book about the Ragdale main house and as I go through the hundreds of pictures I have shot, it is fun to reminisce and think about the life of the family who lived there and the hundreds of residents who have come through and (as I imagine it) all had magical experiences there. The first time I was accepted to Ragdale, I was so young as an artist and so nervous and insecure. I was stunned when I was accepted and so grateful, but scared. It really allowed me to open up and accept that I was an artist and this was the life I wanted to pursue.