Freelance Photographer , who is in Chatham County, North Carolina. I have been making pictures for over 30 years.

My professional career started in Hollywood in 1980 when I took the job as assistant manager at a small Mom and Pop camera store on the sunset strip. Right next door was the studio of one of the most eccentric people I have ever met, Hungarian Photographer Martin Szipal (Martin S. Martin, as he was known in Hollywood). I began hanging out with him and sometimes assisting him in both the studio and the darkroom. Martin was a genius, and we somehow connected, and from him, I really learned the art of black and white photography from him. I later took photo classes at UCLA. I now am simi- retired and living in NC