“The mathematical relationships among the buildings, the collisions of lines, the confusions of space and depth, the visual interactions of several structures at once, all are spellbinding.”

“When I visit my childhood home, I absorb the ingredients: the flavors of dishes, and the same furnishings, photographs, knick–knacks, and worn kitchen tools that have been there since well before I was born.”

“What inspires me is the emptiness in the urban landscape and in the great American spaces. I like repetitions, I like series, and I like driving around.”

“My family experienced the economic loss of property, the shame and indignation of incarceration, and the task of re-integration into American society after release from the WWII concentration camps.”

“The Ivanpah Thermal Solar Power Plant came into view. Like a vision from Tolkien’s Mordor, three towers, glowing ominously, rise above the surrounding desert.”

“My calling is to remember and celebrate these women of the past. My models are their portraits in marble from their time.”

“I choose a scene and then capture frames of strangers unpredictability entering and exiting.”

“I love the poetic relationship presented by making art about the grand qualities of mundane buildings — especially in a large-scale, panoramic format.”

Silver Medal Award winners from the 2018 San Francisco Bay International Photo Show.

See the Gold Medal photos in exhibition at ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, California, September 2-30, 2018.

“The landscapes are ripe with possible tragedies. Oddly enough, we get the impression that everything we see is frozen in silence. As if we were grappling with images from a walking dream.”

Offbeat look at churches in America