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Contrary to the rumours, I have not gone back to my home planet. To prove it, here is the long-awaited exhibit.

Location:
Gallery Ezaki
Mainichi Ezaki Building, 2nd floor
(Aoba Street)
8-20 Shichiken-chou
Aoi-ku, Shizuoka-shi

Well, over the holidays, I finally got around to upgrading this website. This has been a work-in-progress for about six months but it kept getting bumped by other projects with higher priority.
Aside from the graphics, two things have changed. Firstly, all content is presented BLOG-style and date-stamped.
Secondly, Selected pages have a form that lets you submit comments. Comments are appended to the page. Feel free to comment below.

What lead to my becoming a photographer? As a child, I was fascinated with technology, but, when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I answered "artist". My teachers at school made it a point of telling my parents how talented I was at art and written composition. (Academically, I was barely a "D" in everything else.) But photography is a technology so really it was a combination of my love of art and of technology that got me on my current path.

What is fine art photography? Even photographers can't agree on the meaning but I think this is more over the definition of art than anything else. As always, I tend toward a more practical definition.

I was once told that the only difference between an amateur and a pro was that the amateur showed all of his photos and the pro only showed his best. There is actually some truth in that. But when asked that question, I usually tailor my answer to who is asking.

Some of my exhibition prints are for sale as fine art prints. I can also be commissioned to produce any subject matter that you require.
All photographs--from conception to final print--embody my own unique style, regardless of the subject matter.
They are black & white, silver gelatin prints on a fiber base, done by hand, and fixed, washed and toned to archival standards. This insures maximum life of the images.
Style of mounting and framing, also done to archival standards, is selected on the basis of how and where you will be viewing the prints.

I am an anthropologist of sorts: I love people, so that is what I mostly shoot. Much of my work has a Japanese context. I have lived in Japan for one quarter of my life and I know the culture, so what I produce is not from the naive eyes of a visitor.
I have an archive of over 10,000 black & white negatives. These are mostly of people. I can also shoot to order in black & white or colour. Let me know your editorial needs.
I have also spent a fair amount of time in Thailand so I have a growing archive of Thai subject matter.

Are you planning a photography workshop in Japan? I have access to events staff (bilingual) and can arrange facilities and accommodations. Whether you are just looking for someone to liaise with the Japanese or need someone to produce the entire workshop, I can help.
Shizuoka Prefecture has it's own share of nature (including the Southern Japan Alps), hot-spring spas, temples and shrines. Facilities are reasonably priced and there is easy access by Shinkansen (bullet train) from Nagoya and Tokyo.

(2002.05)
Shizuoka Prefectural Art Museum, Kenmin Gallery, Shizuoka City, (May 2002, group show)
The Photo Session is an annual group exhibition with about 20 exhibitors. It is very high profile with an anual draw of more than 1500 visitors in 6 days. This was my seventh year as participant.
Note: This is the last time that the "Photo Session" banner will be used, although their will likely be other exhibits by the same core group of photographers.

(2001.03)
Mikasa Gallery, Komagata, Shizuoka City (solo show, month of March 2001)
These are study pieces that involve cutting prints of nudes into fragments then arranging and gluing them to a sustrate sheet. The result is varying degrees of abstraction and of rhythm.