The Mark of Abel   2005-2008

For three years, in hot weather and cold, I invited families in various forms, to stand before my lens.   I invited them not because I knew what to expect, but because I was curious to see what would happen.

In these pictures of family relationships, it is the details that matter most.  Although they portray engaging people, verdant landscapes and beautiful light, it is the small things in the images that provide us with clues to understand the subtle nature of the work.


The photographs ask that we look deeper than the surface for what lies underneath; that complex part of our own personalities we often don’t see.

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Falling From Grace...   2009-2010   (in progress)

This series of portraits is about appetites and forbidden fruit.

Together the pictures present a feast; fruit, vegetables, meat, fish.
It is not clear whether they provide nourishment or taunt us with the gift.
They appear to offer and withhold at once.

Despite their forthright appearance, the images suggest a tension.  They connect
and disengage simlutaneously, proposing a precarious intimacy.  The images hover
between strength and vulnerability and speak to issues of tempation and trust.

August 2010