ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER

Without going outside, you may know the whole world.
Without looking through the window, you may see the ways of heaven.
The farther you go, the less you know.

Thus the sage knows without traveling;
He sees without looking;
He works without doing.

Lao Tsu, TAO TE CHNG #47

One of my favorite photographers, Freeman Patterson, says that the camera looks both ways. Through photography, I try to convey not only the subject but a deeper connection with the subject and the environment. It is a connection that seeks to help us understand, appreciate and instill a desire to preserve the natural world and in so doing preserve ourselves.