Always encouraged by a misfit liberal family in the South (sdean.net/myfamily.htm), I began messing with cameras at age 12, Independent Study at Amherst in Fine Arts Photography, learned large format/Zone System from Paul Caponigro, internship at Louisville Courier-Journal. After college, staff photographer Lakeville Journal, Kundalini Yoga with Rudi. Made a living in mechanical contracting (Master Electrician's License) and computers (MSCS, worked in IBM at the creation of Watson/DeepBlue & ran the backend IT shop for Bard College). Since retirement, much more photography. Staff photographer at Ashokan Music & Dance Camps and took the photographs there you see here.