Street Photography: Memorial, LA, 2025

Every now and then I see a display like the one pictured below, on one of my routes that takes me through a particular underpass. I don’t know who or what it’s for or what happened, but I feel compelled to memorialize it in a photograph.

Meditation Series: Brother Mike (1949-2022), LA 2024 Sketches 1-8

These are the sketches that developed as I was reflecting on my brother Mike’s life on the second anniversary of his death. I was fortunate to have my library of photographic images to help me remember particularly important moments. I reanimated some of the meaningful times using my skills to recreate the photos by hand […]

Quarantine Portrait Series: Mickey Memorial Portrait

We lost a dear sister, mother, auntie and friend on the 18th of May. We (my wife, Joy, and I) lived with Mick (Joy’s sister) for more than a decade. It was my privilege to live for all that time in the presence of such a wonderful woman. She was a pleasure to know and […]

Quarantine Portrait Series: Memorial Portrait (1st Approximation)

My sister-in-law passed away yesterday. She was a wonderful woman and will be sorely missed. This portrait does not resemble her. Tomorrow’s will be better.