Sometimes, the journey is the story. Sometimes, the journey gets interrupted for years at a time. But we’re always moving forward.
This exhibit is on exhibit at the Shaler Library for the month of October 2023 (see calendar for details). I've selected some of my favorite images from travels through Israel. In this project, I'm looking at them from an artist's view as fine art. For exhibition many of them have been printed on textured fine art paper, coated with photographic varnish, and exhibited without glazing. This results in an astonishing intimacy with the images where every detail and texture is front and center.
Paolo Soleri, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, is known not only for Arcosanti, but also for the Soleri Bells made in his studios in Scottsdale. (2019)
Zombies! Pittsburgh's very own George Romero invented an entire genre - as well as giving psychiatry a brand new anxiety to treat - with the "Night of the Living Dead." The Evans City Cemetery, 15 miles from your photographer's home, was the location of the exterior cemetery shots. (2019)
Recently visited the Pima Air Museum in Tucson. Although it was exciting to see almost all of the types of planes I had worked on, flown on, or piloted during my days in the USAF, it is still sobering to see that everything you worked on as a young man is now in a museum! (2019)
Back to Israel after six years, an opportunity to get to know this city that never sleeps. Tel Aviv was developed in the early 20th century and its buildings were heavily influenced by the Bauhaus School of Design, which also influenced much of modern Europe. (2018)
Netanya, a small city on the Mediterranean coast. Caesaria Maritimia was the Roman capital of Syria Palestrina - what is now modern day Israel. (2018)
The Galilee is the northern district of the country. If you've read any of the New Testament, you will recognize many of these places. (2018)
In Argentina for the 10th time to present at an engineering conference. This beautiful city never looks the same way twice. (2018)
There is no place on earth like the Grand Canyon. Although there are many places of comparable beauty, there are none of this scale. (2018)
Frank Lloyd Wright's (FLLW) western studio, Taliesin West, is a masterpiece in its own right. (2018)
The landscape of the American West is unique in the variety it contains within its vast area. The Painted Desert not only is incredible in its own right, but it contains a meteor crater as well as the petrified forest. (2018)
Most of my time here was spent teaching, but we did get to see some of the sights. (2017)
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Reserva Ecológica Antisana is the water source for the city of Quito, just a few hours out of the city up in the heart of the mountains. (2017)
The Galápagos Islands have to be seen to be believed: a week there was not enough to even begin to see all the interesting sites. From iguanas, to tortoises, to finches, to sandy beaches, to snorkeling - on and on it goes! (2017)
In Buenos Aires once again to teach at a conference, we found new places to explore. (2017)
Better than simply going to Las Vegas is getting an all expense paid trip to Las Vegas because your wife is a speaker at the Handcrafted Soap and Cosmetics Guild annual conference! (2017)
Tierra del Fuego - Land of Fire, for the fires of the indigenous peoples visible as the early mariners skirted this lowest point of the six populated continents. It's the point of departure for those heading to Antarctica (2016)
Teaching in Medellín and Bogotá provided an opportunity to explore this wonderful country known for its friendliness. (2016)
Argentina, much to the surprise of many, is home to some of the most impressive glaciers on the planet. This gallery is a handful of some of my favorite images from this hauntingly beautiful part of the world! (2015)
Managed to convert a one day teaching event into nearly a week of touring Scandinavia. (2015)
Arcosanti is Paolo Soleri's experimental city in the Sonoran desert of Arizona. (2015)
I arrived in Denver at 5400', where my wonderful friends Tom and Linda met me and drove to Loveland Pass at 11990', then we strapped on snowshoes and hiked to the summit of Mt Sniktau at 13240'. All within twelve hours of leaving Pittsburgh at 1240'. Not bad for someone who was about to become an 'older American' at 60. (2014)
In Buenos Aires once again for our annual conference, exploring this beautiful city. (2014)
Exploring Buenos Aires before I got serious about photography again. (2013)
I was very upset when I first saw Petra in the Indiana Jones movie - I couldn't understand how such an incredible place could exist with me knowing about it. Eventually, I was able to do something about it ... (2012)
While in the Philippines to teach a series of classes, I managed to spend as much time as possible touring Manila and visiting the island of Corregidor. (2011)
No journey to Perú is complete without a visit to this stunning location. (2010)
Cusco - ancient capital of the Incas. At 11 000 ft (3 400m) it is higher than most of the mountains in the US. Journeys to Machu Picchu begin and end here. (2010)
One of the early trips to teach in Buenos Aires - starting to get to know this great city. (2010)
Maine is known for being an artist's paradise. Our family had a cottage here so I was fortunate to spend many years visiting this beautiful part of the Atlantic coast. (2010)
Sacramento del Colonia is a World Heritage site - much to our surprise. We took the ferry across the Rio de la Plata expecting an ordinary small time and were very pleasantly surprised by this gem of a town. (2009)
Colonial Williamsburg - the original colonial capital of the British colonies, and a transport back in time. (2008)
In the 1990's I represented the major semiconductor manufacturers - all of whom were based in Silicon Valley which meant regular trips to CA. Sadly these were the lean years for my photography so I hadn't really learned to work a scene. However, I did capture a few images I'm pleased with. (1995)
Once upon a time, I was fortunate enough to travel regularly to California, a state of unimaginable natural variety and beauty. (1990)
Long ago and far away, my friends and I spent much of our time exploring the White Mountains of New Hampshire. These images are updated from TIFF scans of the original Kodachrome slides from so long ago... (1982)
Panama city in the days of Mañuel Noriega. All of Latin America was supported by USAF Reserve C-130 squadrons from around the US. (1981)
Austria - Vienna was the capital of the world during the realm of the Hapsburg Empire. (1978)
Passing through from Germany to Austria my memories of Switzerland are forests and sailboats on the Bodensee. (1978)
Day trip to Luxembourg City on a sunny day in the summer of 1977. These Ektachrome slides were among the very few that haven't fared so well over the years, so I've taken artistic liberties with them. (1977)
October 1977 found the USAF exchanging squadrons with the Norwegian Air Force. We brought our F4s north of the Arctic Circle to Bodø, and the Norwegians headed south to Germany with their F104s. Northern Norway in October was, as you would expect, dark and gloomy. (1977)