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Que nous le voulions ou non, que nous le sachions ou non, toutes nos photos, des plus laides au plus réussies, sont des portraits, médiocres ou fidèles, du Divin. Lorsque nous savons cela, que nous le comprenons et que nous l'acceptons, la photographie prend un tout autre sens. Elle devient ce qu'elle a toujours été, ce qu'elle n'a jamais cessé d'être, ce qu'elle restera, un pont entre nous et ce qui nous dépasse, nous et les autres. Toutes les formes d'art accomplissent cette même tâche, malgré les artistes.

Nos photos les mieux réussies possèdent un caractère universel et infini, à l'image de qu'elles tentent de représenter.

Nos photos nous relient entre nous, nous rendent plus près les uns des autres. Le mot religion vient du latin religere: relier ou rassembler. This place est un lieu virtuel où se rassemblent des gens partageant les mêmes aspirations et une passion commune.

The moment always dictates in my work....Everybody can look, but they
don't necessarily see....I see a situation and I know that it's right. -André Kertész

Photography and the 1st Amendment

In My Wilderness
...I hunt with a camera and a rifle...

Sun Newspapers Photojournalistic Stringer Work (1970's)
"I took hundreds of pictures for ComCorp. I only scanned a few examples" -Bob

Although I was almost 12 when the "Brownie Picture" was taken, it was first very own camera. Prior to that, my father showed me how to use his Kodak medium format camera and how to use his darkroom. I was 7 years old when I first go my hands into the chemicals.
By 1970 I had been talked into working for a chain of newspapers owned by then Ohio Senator Howard Metzenbaum and continued with them as one of their 5 photographers for many years. All but one of Sun Newspapers photographers were stringers and paid by the job done. We developed our own films and used our own cameras. The photo editor called us daily with our assignments. Our income was 5 dollars per picture printed, but that added up with 13 different papers. Some weeks I made as much as 100 dollars gross but we're talking old dollars here in 1970's. The biggest part of being a "pro" was being recognized by virtually everyone in the Metropolitan Cleveland Area and by other photographers for the Press and Plain Dealer. My proudest possession was my press card which could open any and all doors no matter where I went. Sometimes police were assigned to take me into crime areas. I had a feeling of tremendous power for a young man.

Photo Examples
Latest Work and Some of my Photojournalistic Stringer Work (2000's)
"The challenge is to take pictures that reflect your impression of the place, not mimic those of some pro who's shot you've seen."