Neighborhood House Project
I have been busy these past few years…working on a project as a volunteer for Neighborhood House. My brother David and I collaborated on producing a book on the history of the agency, including stories of past and present residents. We received a grant from Humanities Washington and held two panel discussions, one at the […]
Fiji, New Zealand, Australia
In January, we took a trip to Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. For the first time in a very long time, I didn’t photograph many people. I wonder if that is why I haven’t been motivated to write another blog. On the other hand, I have been working on my processing skills, and have been […]
Vietnam
Vietnam provided an amazing variety of experiences, as we travelled from North to South. This photograph captures the importance of water in their lives…as transportation, for food, for work, etc. After arriving in Hanoi, we went to Ho Chi Minh’s tomb. The process of waiting in line to view the tomb was very structured and controlled. Soldiers marched […]
Travels to Cambodia
We recently travelled from Seattle on a long-planned trip to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Our first stop was Siem Reap, Cambodia. Here we visited several key temples. Each temple was built by a different King, so that each temple has a unique presence. Today these temples are mostly ruins, so we could only imagine what it was […]
Laos and environs
We next travelled to Vientiane in Laos, meeting up as planned with our friend Sharon. We only stayed a couple of nights in Vientiane. The most interesting event was visiting a temple where a senior Monk recently passed away. We observed as the local community brought food to the Monks (which is the usual situation, […]
the beginning
When my Dad gave me a book of Edward Weston’s photographs, I saw photography as a way to create a visual interpretation of an object, an idea, or a person. Around the same time, I got my first camera and I mostly photographed my cat, Frisky. Very quickly, my interests broadened beyond photographing this feline […]