Earliest image here, 1982

Dallas Museum of Art Collection (1999)

Aftermath of the 1985 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Carnegie Museum of Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Collections

The Grooming Parlor Grooming parlor from the point of view of the animals with influence of surrealism as a key aspect John Caldwell, then curator of Contemporary Art at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh encouraged a book project on "animals in human environments."

Cat Bath, 1984 Corcoran Gallery Permanent Collection

Pets								Time Expired, 1987 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Permanent Collection Harvey Keitel Private Collection

Soviet Union, 1986 Pittsburgh Donetsk Exchange Project

The Vet Local university press editor comment on this work: "These photographs leave me with a feeling of loathing; not toward the zoo keeper or the groomer or the veterinarian, but towards the photographer." John Caldwell, former Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, called this comment a "testimonial."

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Collection Corcoran Gallery Permanent Collection

The Zoo, 1989 Charles Wikenhauser, then Director of the Pittsburgh Zoo, granted access to their facility. Howler monkey anesthetized for tests

Annual Monkey Exam, 1989 Harvey Keitel Private Collection (1990)

The Museum of Natural History, 1993 Documenting naturalists at work in the departments of Birds, Reptiles, Vertebrate Paleontology and Entomology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History

This photograph accomplishes one of the elements I love most in photography: the ability to show beauty and at the same time create a sense of unease.

Corcoran Gallery Permanent Collection

Taxidermy, 1993 Surrealism in photography, unless done digitally or with use of darkroom trickery, is done by juxtaposing unrelated objects in the same frame without providing an explanation, or by isolating an object from its normal background. At the taxidermists, this occurrs naturally.

The State Museum of Pennsylvania Collection

Peregrine Falcons, 1996 Banding offspring of mating pair of Peregrine falcons on Pittsburgh’s Gulf Tower

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 2002 Section of Mammals Dr. John Wible and Sue McLaren granted complete access for this project.

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A Tribute In 1993, John Caldwell, then Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, came to my rescue and invited me to stay at his apartment when my other plans fell through. This is the last photograph of him that I had the opportunity to take before his death. As with Henri Cartier-Bresson, I owe John a great debt. He believed in me before I did.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Collections Corcoran Gallery Permanent Collection

Entropy

This project, done with a partner, Dr. Ev Vogeley, is an exploration of the concept of entropy. Entropy is a term applied to the measure of disorder that develops in systems when additional energy is not applied. The intention is to explore this idea as it applies to our neighborhoods. Our photographs express the notion that entropy and disorganization afflict human communities when there is not an ongoing infusion of energy in the form of money and commitment. The Entropy project differs in two ways from my previous work. First, it is the first color project I've done. Second, the technique used is digital. Photographs are in both 35mm and digital cameras. The film is scanned, and all prints are on ink jet photo paper. Dr. Vogeley died in December of 2006. This project remains in progress as a tribute to my friend and colleague.

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