Biography

 

Born in San Francisco in 1954, I began photographing seriously at the age of twenty receiving my B.A. (1978) and M.A.(1980) in Art from San Francisco State University. I am the recipient of both a Fulbright Scholar Award (Britain) and a Rockefeller Foundation residency, Bellagio, Italy. 

In 2005, the University of Virginia Press published my long-­‐term project, Imagining Eden: Connecting Landscapes. The book includes sixty photographs made over a sixteen‐year period from locations in America and Europe and includes an introduction by British cultural geographer Denis Cosgrove. These imaginative places, whether a city park, garden, cemetery, golf course, or military reservation, were created as an attempt at recovering a connection with nature lost with Eden.

In 2011, I began working on “Variations” and it continues to be my primary artistic pursuit.

My work can be found in numerous permanent collections, including: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; George Eastman House; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; Cantor Center, Stanford University; Center for Creative Photography, Tucson; and Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego.

I served as head of the photography program at College of San Mateo for over thirty years and retired from teaching in 2015.

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Biography

 

Born in San Francisco in 1954, I began photographing seriously at the age of twenty receiving my B.A. (1978) and M.A.(1980) in Art from San Francisco State University. I am the recipient of both a Fulbright Scholar Award (Britain) and a Rockefeller Foundation residency, Bellagio, Italy. 

In 2005, the University of Virginia Press published my long-­‐term project, Imagining Eden: Connecting Landscapes. The book includes sixty photographs made over a sixteen‐year period from locations in America and Europe and includes an introduction by British cultural geographer Denis Cosgrove. These imaginative places, whether a city park, garden, cemetery, golf course, or military reservation, were created as an attempt at recovering a connection with nature lost with Eden.

In 2011, I began working on “Variations” and it continues to be my primary artistic pursuit.

My work can be found in numerous permanent collections, including: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; George Eastman House; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; Cantor Center, Stanford University; Center for Creative Photography, Tucson; and Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego.

I served as head of the photography program at College of San Mateo for over thirty years and retired from teaching in 2015.

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