I am a professional photographer specializing in artistic nude photography.  Since 1975 I have produced gelatin-silver photographs for art galleries and collectors in addition to accepting private commissions from clients who wish to obtain prints of themselves but who do not want the images ever displayed or sold publicly.  Photography of the nude is not the only photography I do but it is what I am best known for and what I have devoted most of my professional life to creating.   I am based in Savannah, Georgia (USA). 
 

I am an artist who is dedicated to photography and freedom of expression.  From the time I picked up my first camera in the early 1970s I have adhered to professional ethics and standards that will never be compromised. This site contains only a small representation from my archives of my work with the nude figure.  All of the photography is original and created by me.  All of the images are for sale in the form of individually hand-printed photographs made from the original film negatives by me.  I do all of the darkroom processing and printing by hand.  With regard to the handcolored prints, all of the coloring is done by me one print at a time using oil paints and/or pencils. There are no computer-generated effects on my photographs. All of the images are originally created on film. The scans appearing on this website are made from my original photographic prints. I do not own a DSLR camera and conceivably never will.
 

In American society it is difficult to find venues that display any imagery, particularly a photograph, that  depicts nudity. The establishment of the Internet has allowed serious artists like myself to continually exhibit creations without the need for approval from timid, conservative-minded owners of retail space in the real world. Additionally, I am able to interact directly with people who are interested in my photography. And clients wishing to commission me can obtain a sense of my photographic style and career experience without having to first meet me at my studio as was the case in earlier years.  

Nudity in the United States is frequently attached with a stigma of immorality or suspicion. I have been a first person witness to this since I began photographing professionally in 1975. Very little, regrettably, in attitude from the general populace has changed over those years. I think it is a sad reflection of a culture. I know from experience that people, both female and male, wish to sometimes acquire creative, quality imagery of themselves which contain elements of partial or complete exposure of the body. I have always viewed this as a reasonable and healthy desire while acknowledging that it can be difficult to locate qualified photographers who can produce such  images. While I am disheartened by the often immature attitude of people in regard to the human nude I accept that many people have views that vary from mine.

My photography has been collected since my earliest years as an artist. I made my first sale of two of my original fine art nudes in 1976, the year after I turned professional, to a collector. That initial sale likely helped motivate me to continue on the path I had envisioned as a photographer. I am in an on-going process of printing selected negatives one at a time from my archives which go back to the early 1970's. The images displayed on this current version of my web site represent only a tiny portion of those archives. Some are personal favorites, some have become popular as widely collected images, some are known as my signature images, and many have never been displayed publicly until now. For me, this is a slow process since I do everything myself. I am creating solely with film and traditional wet darkroom processes. The computer side of things is definitely not my strong suit but I do all of that too myself. This web site was designed and built entirely by me. As I grow older I realize that the  majority of my existing film negatives will never be produced as definitive archival prints, at least not by me. I simply will not have enough time to print every negative I wish to. Initially, I am wanting to present an overview of my work through the years as my approach, style, and technique often fluctuated. I intend to gradually expand the galleries as I continue to print my existing negatives. And I hope to add more current photography as I produce it. But the darkroom work is laborious and then too my scanning and overall computer skills are admittedly weak so it will be a slow, gradual process. On the enlarged view of all my images there is a date following the print's title. That date is the year that the original negative was created. All images are for sale as signed prints on fiber-base paper with overmat. In addition, those images that are designated with an * (asterisk) are also available in an unsigned version on resin-coated paper at a lower price point than the signed version. Both versions are individually hand-printed by me in my darkroom.

If you are seeking something more than a celebration of Life and an admiration for the human form I think you might be disappointed in my photography.  However, if you, like myself, find fascination, wonder, and joy in the nude form please enter the galleries and look. And if you appreciate a particular image please consider making a purchase. Print sales help to support my artistic endeavors and offer guidance for what the public appreciates most about my photography. Additionally, I offer my services for private commissions, both clothed and nude. And I offer individual instruction in photography and traditional darkroom techniques.