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My passion for photography has been a passport to adventure. As the photographer for the Peace Corps, my travels took me to the far corners of the world. I saw and photographed people from diverse cultures and all walks of life. I met emperors, kings and prime ministers, but for me, the people who lived on the edge of poverty in Third World countries were more important. I wanted my camera to be a tool for social change. My published pictures often did make a difference in the fields of civil rights, world hunger and the fight against poverty. My images appeared in LIFE, LOOK, PARADE, POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY and were widely distributed by Associated Press and overseas by BLACK STAR.
Image quality has always been very important to me and I was very impressed with the prints from fineartamerica. Personally I like my photographic prints on stretched canvas. That provides a sense and look of museum presentation.
Back in the days of film, we were limited by the technology. Few of us were able to foresee the liberation offered by digital cameras, but getting high quality prints was both expensive and time consuming. A few years ago I switched from film to digital cameras and never looked back. Now I manage my images and write my articles on an Apple MacIntosh laptop and shoot with two Canon digital cameras and a variety of lenses. Photoshop and Aperture allowed me to fine-tune my images to perfection. I am currently writing and illustrating my biography.
Today I am a content provider for Corbis, that massive image archive owned by Bill Gates. I am also a Marco Polo member of the Society of America Travel Writers.
