Confrontations with the Unexpected
For me, the challenge of photography comes from its ability to allow us, and sometimes even to compel us, to confront the unexpected. I find that, no matter how much I plan and prepare, no matter how much I study a scene, there is always some element or event that will take me by surprise.
Whether it is the sudden fall of light on a building or a mountaintop, the fleeting look on the face of a stranger, or the view that appears from around the corner; whether I have endless time to compose the image or have only an instant to capture it, the unexpected poses for the photographer a unique challenge and a unique opportunity.
For all the latest technological advances and the power of digital manipulation, a photograph is still the product of the photographer's ability, through the eye and the imagination, to recognize the moment and to seize it on the spot.
Life posseses an infinite capacity for surprise that far outstrips our ability to capture, and so, for me, the success of a photograph lies in the degree to which it, somehow, transcends our limitations, allowing, even compelling, us to look at the world around us with a new vision.
Within these galleries are some of my more successful moments.