I have been a photographer for about 48 years, i.e., ever since I got my first SLR camera and saw my first black and white print appearing in the developing bath. I was drawn to it, by the ability of photography to record, people, events, objects and places, i.e., things I see or experience and would like to remember. My father was an artist and when I was growing up, I lived in a house that was full of abstract paintings. In retrospect, I believe this may be why I am especially drawn to “abstract” photography, in which the shapes colors and lines and composition of the final image are more important than the actual subject matter. The goal is to make an image that I enjoy looking at rather than recording how something actually looks. I am not “selling” the object, but the image that it inspires. Just like a person might apply cosmetics or fix their hair to accentuate their “best” features, I process my images to accentuate the components of the image that lead me to capture the image in the first place.