Photo: Doug Rosenoff
I have been actively photographing for over 50 years, full time since retiring from a long career in scientific software and control systems. While largely self-taught, I formally studied photography at the Keenan Center for the Arts in Lockport NY, privately with Russell Drisch in Buffalo NY, at Bellevue Community College, privately with Nick Hansen in Seattle, at the Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle, and at the Coupeville Center for the Arts.
My heroes are the great humanist photographers; Helen Levitt, Peter Turnley, Edoard Boubat, Milton Rogovin, Sabine Weiss,and especially Willy Ronis and Robert Doisneau.
Like my heroes, I am much more interested in people and their everyday lives than in spectacular places or momentous events. One of these heroes, Robert Doisneau, described himself as a "fisherman of images". I like the metaphor of patiently waiting with baited camera at an interesting time and place.
Collections:
Woodford County (Illinois) Historical Museum
Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center
Pike Place Market Foundation (Seattle)
Museum of History and Industry (Seattle)
Bowerbird Foundation (Philadelphia)
Walker Art Center (Minneapolis)
Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
Several private collections
Solo Shows:
Federal Way Art and Event Center, 23
Grand Central Bakery, Burien 21
Edmonds Arts Commission Gallery, Edmonds 22, 05
Highline Heritage Museum 21
Burien Community Center Gallery 19, 22
Saltwater Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery 19
RE/MAX, West Seattle Art Walk 15
Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery 15, 15
Northlake Unitarian Church Gallery 09
Hallie’s Loft, Seattle 08
Shoreline Arts Center, Shoreline 07
Helen S. Smith Gallery, Green River Community College 07
Old Redmond School House Gallery, Redmond 06
Essential Baking Company, Seattle 06
City of Covington Arts Commission Gallery, Covington 06
City of Auburn Arts Commission Gallery, Auburn 06
Lynnwood Arts Commission Gallery, Lynnwood, 06
Lombardi’s Restaurant, Ballard 05
ArtsWest, Seattle 05
Kent Arts Commission Gallery, Kent 05
Wallingford Community Office, Seattle 03
Frame Central, Seattle 03
The Fireplace Gallery, Mt. Hood CC, Gresham, OR 02
The Grateful Bread, Seattle,01
Hopvine Café, Seattle 00
Pogacha Restaurant, Issaquah 99
Sprinkles Café, Seattle 99
Benham Gallery, Seattle 94
The Corner House, Seattle 93
Coyote Coffee Company, Kirkland 93
Market Place Photo, Seattle 92
Eureka Public Library, Eureka, IL. 91
Selected Multi-Artist Shows:
Clarridge Gallery of Photography 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,15
Aljoya, Mercer Island 11
Larson Gallery, Yakima 10
Cascades Academy of Photography, Issaquah 05, 04, 03, 02
Issaquah Gallery, Issaquah 03
Kirkland Gallery, Kirkland, 03
East Shore Gallery 08 (invited), 06 (invited), 02, 99, 97
ColorGraphics, Seattle 01
Artemis Gallery, Seattle 00
Barnes & Noble Books, Issaquah 98, 99
Pogacha Restaurant, Bellevue 98
The Backstage, Seattle 90
Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle 90
Selected Juried Shows:
10x10x10, Tieton WA, 22
Newspace for Photography, Portland 16
Mercer Island Art Council 15
Seattle City Panorama 15
Perfect Exposure, Los Angeles 15
University House, Issaquah 15
Aljoya, Mercer Island 11
Lightbox Gallery, Astoria, Oregon 11,15, 16
28mm, (www.28mm.org, 05, 04
Cascades Academy of Photography, Issaquah 05, 04, 03, 02, 02
TheSight (www.thesight.com) 02, 99
Bellevue Arts Commission Bellevue 01, 01
Phinney Center, Seattle 01
Larson Gallery Photography Exhibition, Yakima 15, 01, 00, 99
East Shore Gallery, (invited), Bellevue 00, 97
Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle 00
Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham 99
Benham Gallery, Seattle 93