SOMETIMES IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT IT IS.
WHAT MATTERS IS HOW YOU FEEL WHEN YOU SEE IT.

The image at the top of this page is one of my favorites. I was living in Santa Cruz CA, and there was an event called “Woodies on the Wharf” with many old cars. As I was walking with my camera I saw this very shiny car, with a fence reflected in the side. Just as I started to set up, the guy who owned the car got the call to join the parade. I pleaded with him to stay a few minutes, and he couldn’t, so I very hastily set up my view camera and got off this one shot before he drove away. I wish I had gotten his name, because I would have loved to have gotten back to him with a print.

My great uncle, Brett Weston, was a master at the abstract. I love the way he saw. He would often see a photograph where all anyone else saw was junk, or broken ice, or scratched paint. Seeing like that is a practice.

I made all of the images on this page with my beloved Deardorff Special 4×5 view camera with the exception of the tent at Burning Man which was made using a Yashica 6×6 medium format twin lens reflex. What’s special about the Deardorff Special is that it’s actually a 5×7 camera with a rotating back, allowing me to set up the camera, and then rotate the back to level it, which is a huge advantage over fiddling with the tripod.

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