LAVENDER PHOTOGRAPHIC


I fell under the peculiar spell of photography as a youngster. The images I saw then, in particular my father Stan’s landscape work and large-format aerial photographs, left the urge to try my own hand at capturing this magical photonic dance.

The style I strive for might best be called a celebration of the ordinary. My goal is to communicate the impression of plain and unvarnished visual truth.

The galleries to your left house images from various periods, projects and techniques along the way:
  • Portraits. Formal portraiture, mostly shot with artificial lighting.
  • Platinum Portraits. Environmental portraiture, printed with platinum-palladium metals.
  • Stone Angels. Alt-process cemetery statuary from a show at Cannington House Gallery.
  • Intimate Contacts. Silver gelatin landscapes exhibited at North Light Gallery.
  • Algonquin. Images from Canada’s most famous “WILDerness” park.
  • Whitby Psychiatric. Ontario’s infamous Hospital for the Insane, now demolished.
  • Van Dyke Browns. Tulips rendered via the Van Dyke process for a hand-bound book.
  • Transit. Some of the more visually interesting ways we transport ourselves.
  • Retired Fighters. A tribute to Canadian fighter aircraft, now sadly just planes on poles.
  • Heritage Homes. Architectural photography for a book on historical properties in Toronto.
  • Et Al. A miscellany of personal work.