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From the moment, as a child, I held a camera in my hands, I knew that somehow the medium it represented would be a big part of my world. And so, even though I attended a conservative art school that did not recognize photography as a fine art (!), when I saw the work of Robert Rauschenberg, I was inspired to combine my training in drawing, printmaking, and painting with photography. Out of that endeavor came my interest in alternative processes and color digital photography. I am aware of the controversies surrounding photography and the gaze. I feel the proliferation of photos in everyday life to the point that taking pictures can interfere with experiencing life. I notice the way photography is being used to exploit the viewer through advertisements and opinion media. I have tried to use that knowledge to create books and prints that expand the concept of documentary statements.

Color Polaroid, small blue church on hill in Guatemalan jungle, color Polaroid photograph

Polaroids

A ladder leans against a window with a purple curtain in the middle of a bright yellow wall

Central America and the Caribbean

An old, weathered window with words etched below the open pane

United States

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