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As a teenager, I received some photos in the mail I took of a sunset. For a split second, I relived that sunset. From then on, I was anxious to see what type of feelings other photos would invoke in me. I knew then photography would always be an essential part of my life. In the late 70′s, I studied with acclaimed photojournalist Ruth Orkin, at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. I then majored in photojournalism at the Germain School of Photography In New York City and graduated with a degree in professional photography with special awards in Photojournalism and Nature Photography.

In the 80′s, my attention to detail and love for music led me to work as photographer and photo editor for Rock and Soul mag, Amsterdam news, Manhattan East news and Class magazines. I freelanced for Topix, an agency that specialized in celebrity photos. I met interesting people like Andy Warhol, Robert Di Nero and many others. In the 90′s, I worked with companies like Sony records and some independent labels for CD covers for artists like Peter Tosh and Hubert Laws. In 1999, I created and directed a film titled “Couture Shock” which premièred at the Angelica Theatre in New York City. It became popular as an expose’ on the secret world of cross-dressing. The New Millennium- I have exhibited in galleries in New York and in Pennsylvania

Life is far too interesting to be restricted to one area of photography. As a result, I have a large diverse image bank. Surrealism allows me to alter reality and be creative; fine art allows me to appreciate and record beauty, as it is, unfiltered.

This photo essay focuses on the personalities of New Yorkers.  New York is a complicated city with complex residents.  These images convey the atmosphere and mood of the unconventional private worlds in which some New Yorkers live.

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