No representation of individual experience can truly portray desire or doubt, candor or coyness, eroticism or excitement, unless the participants share the most coveted of human traits: trust and acceptance.  That is the essence of intimate relations: we trust in another, and we surrender to the passion.  In this case, the passion involves a sense of shared creativity, of cooperation, of conversation, confession, confiance, and consolation.
The Striped Sheet Series:
"The Conversation, 1998-2000"
31 Images From the Graduate Thesis Exhibit Love & the Myth of Photography
Savannah College of Art & Design, April-May, 2000
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Please Note: Adult content.  This work represents a new application for the inexpensive plastic Holga camera, and is a realistic representation of human relationships and interaction.  If you are uncomfortable or easily offended by honest and real imagery made with these concerns in mind, or if you are simply not interested in the uniqueness of this work, or the creative possibilities of this theme, please go back to the Home Page and select another portfolio to view.
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The Striped Sheet Series:
"Gallery Z Show, 2003"
20 Images From the Gallery Z Exhibit The Striped Sheet Series, 1999-2001.
Gallery Z, Providence, RI, Feb-Mar, 2003
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HOLGA PORTRAITS

These are not perfect images.  But they are real.  They deal with perception and with attention to details, the type of attention we give to someone we are close to, emotionally.  Body art, gestures, eyes, hair falling across the face, all of these visual details add to our perception of beauty and our expression of who we are.  These photographs are made in that spirit of discovery and intimacy that can only be shared by two individuals, cooperating with creativity and admiration.