I was born in Chicago and moved with my family near Gary, Indiana when I was ten years old. We lived in a boundary region between heavy industry and open farm country. As a child, I explored the creeks and ravines of northwest Indiana. As a young man, I worked in the steel mills, where I met my future wife, Sandy. While I attended Purdue University, Sandy attended the University of Chicago. We married upon graduation and moved to Purdue University, where we continued with grad school and started our family. After finishing there we said goodbye to our friends and moved with our two young boys to Athens, Ohio, where I was employed as a professor of mathematics.
We moved into the old farmhouse long ago. In the years following we grew gardens, raised fruit trees, and hiked through the wildlife area adjoining our property. Our boys grew into strong men and went their ways, leaving us with the memory of the natural world we shared as a family.
Part of that world is the way light plays through the forest and landscape of the place where we live. My purpose is to capture and edit these images in ways that unfold their essential beauty. We see with our hearts more than our eyes, and my photography is my way of memorializing the heart of our beautiful land.
