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| Once upon a time... |
| when I was 12 I created my first magic act - for an audience of one. Nothing was digital in those days. There was no term for the "wet darkroom" - all darkrooms were wet. But under that safelight, submerged in the developer tray, was the moment that changed everything: my photograph appeared on that blank paper. It wasn't as if by magic - for me it was real magic. Theater captured my whimsy in College. Even as a young Director I would find ways to incorporate photography: as projections on the stage and as headshots of my own cast and crew. In 2008 I began to shoot Broadway shows. By then I had joined the Directors Guild, the Writers Guild, and the Professional Photographers of America. But I was always a Photographer - who just happens to be a Director. I bring the same sense of theatricality to every portrait I shoot. The subject needs to do more than just stand there and pose. She or he needs to tell a story with their eyes. And this basic concept informs every photograph I make. |