My Photo Journey

Outdoor art installation featuring several large sculptures of human heads on display, with a waterway, city buildings, and a historic lighthouse in the background, in black and white.

I’ve been taking black and white pictures since the 1970s, when I studied and worked in Paris. My camera was a Pentax Spotomatic SLR with 50 and 28mm lenses. As part of a post-retirement project I scanned hundreds of negatives from that decade.

That project revived my interest in photography. My first professional digital camera was an OM System micro-four-thirds, which I like for its compact design and choice of lenses.

But inspired by those negs from the 70s, I wanted to shoot black and white, real black and white. So I acquired a Leica Q2 monochrome. My home turf is New York City, as shown by the picture on this page, which was taken on Roosevelt Island in April 2025.

I have also ventured back into film photography with a Nikon F from the 1960s and an F2 from the 70s.

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A black and white image of a door with a glass window, labeled 'AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY,' set in a marble wall with decorative benches on either side.
Black and white photo of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, captured from a street level view showing cars and people below.

RECENT DIGITAL

EUROPE 1970s

A performer in a red and black polka dot flamenco dress with fishnet stockings and black shoes, dancing on stage with a guitarist playing in the background.
Silhouettes of people walking in a dimly lit indoor space, with some decorative lights in the background.

COLOR

RECENT FILM