Over the past thirty years I have embarked on what I now feel has become a lifelong commitment: creating photographs that have longevity and the ability to sustain trends

My roots in Watertown, N.Y. spawned my interest in photographing people within their element. Later, the environment at the Art Institute of Boston allowed me to refine my ideas and vision. I have many interests in life, therefore it seems only natural that I have many interests in photography. Today I am working as a commercial photographer photographing people, places and ideas.

Portraiture has always been the essence of what excites me as a photographer. I photograph people not just because they are beautiful, but because the beauty for me is derived from how they operate, who they are and why they do what they do. My motivating factor becomes the human element that I want to convey in my photographs. It is here that I can make a connection with people I normally would have never known.

I'm not certain whether I learn more about life through photography or learn more about photography through life.