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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,
But I would find ways to incorporate photography:
as Set Projections and Headshots of friends.
Eventually I would join the the Actors Equity Association,
the Directors Guild and the Writers Guild.
And in 2008 I began to shoot Broadway shows.

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 portrait we create - together.