Progressive Street

 I’m a 67yr. old retiree. I live in the very small village of Cascade, Wisconsin, which is about 50 minutes from Milwaukee. I earned a BFA in photography in 1983 from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and have been creating images for over 40 years.

I wouldn’t classify myself as only a street photographer since street photography is just one of many means by which I observe the world. I also regularly shoot urban landscapes, both during the day and at night, and abstract minimalism.  Some of my images are journalistic in nature but I’m not a photojournalist. During the pandemic I experimented with photographing things that intrigued me on the television screen, recreating some into composite images.

I’m a quiet person by nature and photography gives me a voice and lets me express how I see the world. I always have my camera with me and am constantly challenging myself to create unique images. It doesn’t matter if I’m in parking lot waiting for someone or in a city, I’m always exploring the world around me. Because I don’t live in a major metropolitan area, almost all my street photography is centered around life and events in the Midwest.

I have exhibited in numerous group shows, mainly in the Midwest and have four of my street photographs in the permanent collection of the Racine Art Museum.  I have been published in #ICP Concerned: Global Images for Global Crisis, World Street Photography 5&6, The Big Click Photographing Wisconsin, Photographers Forum Best of Photography 1990 and A portrait Of Everyday Life in Wisconsin.