"In total acceptance, almost everything becomes a revelation." --Frederick Sommer

 

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”—from the "Little Prince" ~~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

 

Paraphrazing the writer Flannery O'Connor

"The photographer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention. "

   

I am a native Floridian and with the exception of my college/university years have always lived in the Sunshine State.

 

Photography has been a lifetime avocation from my first Kodak box camera, through Rollie, Hasselblad, Wood View and now digital. I love the saying, "Blessed is the man with a hobby, for he lives in two worlds".

 

Photography transports me deep into the visual world: seeing the invisible in the visible, the essence in the matter, and occasionally the soul in the person.

 

My desire is to capture the truth and beauty of what is, at least the way I see it!

 

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