Times have changed. America has changed. I don't know if it's better or worse. Worse -- perhaps because we've lost a certain civility we once shared as a nation -- a personal respect we paid each other because in "those days" we had to deal with each other more personally everyday, in spite of our differences, without the buffer of electronic media. Today's reality is a more fluid modern society with personal investment no longer required within our communities, because w

So much of my work to date has been focused primarily on inanimate subjects, landscapes, structures, void of people, a sort of solitary experience as I sort through my space, techniques and gathering confidence in the development of my work. The inclusion of other people, either with me on site, or actually in the frame itself, seemed to be a bit of an intrusion into my own reflections on my work. But eventually, it is clear that the inclusion of people would be a necessary