My visual instinct is to see the world in geometric forms, where all the daily imageries such as buildings, roads, trees, leaves, mountains are distilled into triangles, cubes, semi-circles, converging planes, and other lines and shapes. In my work, the goal is to capture unassuming and ordinary scenes, and transform these scenes into absorbing images via the endless relationships I see being played out among the myriad shapes, lines, planes, and very importantly, space (or void). In not so many words, "to place form before subject", where the geometric forms take on more significant roles and the actual subjects (e.g. trees, buildings) become subordinate in relevance. I use, strictly, black and white film and manual darkroom printing with no digital processing during image production. All prints are silver gelatin, toned with selenium, and individually hand-printed in my darkroom.

Education

Columbia University, New York City, B.S.

UCLA, Los Angeles, M.S.

International Center of Photography, New York City, Various courses.

Selected Group Exhibitions

"Intersections"- Watchung Art Center, Watchung, New Jersey March 2005

Classic Design Gallery, Maplewood, New Jersey, 2004