Gallery 2

BC
I put a lot of work into this photo. The dancer has lived. Her story is complex. It is as if she is dancing with light as a partner. Her head is only partially shown. A sinister face hovers just behind her.		 Mystical Magical
A blind friend and I joked about how sighted people view us. They either think we are so helpless we couldn't eat a bowl of peas with a spoon or they thought we had magical powers. I named it Mystical Magical because people often think I have some hidden power. I don't I just think about what I can do.
Fortune Teller
This is part of the Mystical Magical shoot. The model is decked out to tell fortunes with a crystal ball. Her blind eyes are covered by dark glasses.		 Serene
My image called Night Dream isn't read the same by people. That's alright. I wanted to have more control over the subliminal text I portrayed. I did Serene to prove to myself I could do it. Some of my work seems psychologically dark. Blindness can be difficult. I did a pleasant dream for Serene. It is as if god reached down and plucked the sleeping woman from her small boat. She floats limply above the small boat on a surreal sea.
Auto Man
My dog and I were hit by a car. The woman was in a rush to go to work and wanted to leave me stranded laying on the ground unable to walk. No passer by helped. I grabbed onto the door handle of her car and demanded a ride home. She left before the cops came. I had done nothing wrong. The cop assumed I was mistaken somehow. The experience prompted me to show what it feels like crossing streets with crazy drivers whizzing around you.		 Spirit
I was struggling with the model as I had difficulty doing the image BC. I needed to lighten up. So I did this one joking that I was going to make it look like a saint. I showed her how to pose like old Christian imagery.
Pose Yellow
I was in a documentary directed by Neil Lifer. This was one of the photos I took during the filming of "Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers". I based the shoot on two things ballet and tai chi. The woman is partially nude.		 Pose Pink
This too was in the HBO documentary I was in called “Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers". To prepare the model for the shoot I reviewed Degas pastels of ballet dancers. reviewing these with the model familiarized her with stance and how to look poised. Again she is partially nude in the image.
Christen
This model Neil Lifer saw in my photo called Honey. We included her in the HBO shoot of "Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers". I had done this set of images as a challenge to myself. I wanted to learn how to do nudes by sound.		 Strut
I have been using people in Mid-town as models for a while. The model is expressing a night of exuberance. I directed her as she posed bringing out her personality. It almost looks like a book cover. It looks like a woman coming out of the Cotton Club in a night of fun.
Red Wing
I have been playing with winged figures. Some have a vague spiritual feeling.		 Sermon
I liked my photo Cathedral. The next year at Christmas mass I took this similar shot. It rarely gets shown: since it is so similar to cathedral. I call it Sermon because my friend Father Anthony is on the alter. He was also preaching in the Cathedral image. It has multiple exposures. The density of the people varies from solid to wisps of vapor creating a spiritual feel.
New Beginnings
Native Americans have a symbol for new beginnings I am told. This image is based on their symbol. I view it as a reference to birth.		 Raven
This is a Shamanistic image. It is an animal spirit portrayed by a dancer. It shows the intensity of the woman as if she were a bird swooping down on something. She looks like a real spitfire with flashes of neon lights around her.

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