Where There Is No Emotion, There Is

You Know, For A Long Time I Have Been Of The Opinion That Artists Don't Necessarily Know What They're Doing. You Don't Necessarily Know What Kind Of Universal Concept You're Tapping Into.

Most Of My Images Have Been Done In-studio, Under Very Controlled Lighting Conditions. There Have Been A Few That Have Shot In Nature, But Even Then They Were Shot Almost Exclusively At Night, And Again, Under Controlled Lighting Conditions.

My Folks Came To U.s. As Immigrants, Aliens, And Became Citizens. I Was Born In Boston, A Citizen, Went To Hollywood And Became An Alien.

Essentially, In Photography, I Think On Two Levels: One Emotional And The Other Technical. The Emotional Impact Has To Do With Looking For Something Dramatic Happening In The Photograph, Something That Reaches Out And Touches Somebody In Some Way. And The Technical Is Having To Do With Composition And Framing - Light And Dark, Light And Shadow.

After A Time, You May Find That Having Is Not So Pleasing A Thing After All As Wanting. It Is Not Logical, But Is Often True.