ABOUT ME:

Over ten years ago, I picked up a second-hand camera in a pawnshop outside Orlando, Florida. I was lucky enough to be heading out to Europe for six months and needed a camera quickly. Upon landing in Paris, I started taking pictures and haven't stopped since.

Having a strong background in art and design, which I believe significantly informs my work, helps me to focus on three aspects of photography to which I am drawn repeatedly - composition, light, and contrast. Any one of the three can inspire; finding all three together can be an exciting moment. Spending time relating to the subject of the photograph in order to compose the piece is the most intimate part of the process for me. Light, in particular, plays a great part in my work: often stronger from the side and back of the subject, rather than the front. And of course, light and shadow together often provide extreme contrast, which defines many of my pieces.

My curiosity about the “big questions” of life and death has manifested itself into a lifelong fascination with how we grieve those who have left us and how we honor our ancestors. This took root early in my youth, when I would spend many hours playing with my cousin Tracy in a cemetery across the street from my grandmother’s house. I realize cemeteries can be places of overwhelming sadness for some people, but that was not the case with me. My time in the cemetery led me to discover the feelings of solitude and peace. I suppose that’s why I’m still drawn to them.

Since that first trip to Europe, I have had the opportunity to return there as well as numerous cities in the United States. Whenever I travel, I seek out not only cemeteries and churches, but other interesting architecture and structures which contain our collective histories.

I now shoot in film and digital, color and black & white, using all Canon gear, with the exception of my old Fuji (still my favorite and the one that produced most of the photographs on this site).

Thank you for visiting my store. Feel free to explore, roam, and wander; and be sure to visit my home site - www.kcwgallery.com to see more work and to get information about upcoming exhibits. I show regularly throughout Southern California and would love to see you at one of my shows.

MY PROCESS

Film Prints:

Prints from film start by scanning the negative. This high-resolution digital file is then imported into photo software, where it is checked for brightness, contrast, and overall tonality. The majority of my prints receive little digital manipulation beyond this step. The resulting image is then digitally printed to various sizes. The photographs are professionally printed under my direct supervision onto acid-free archival-quality glossy paper.

Digital Prints:

Digital images are shot in high-resolution. The image is imported into photo software, where it is checked for brightness, contrast, and overall tonality. The resulting image is then digitally printed to various sizes using the same process described above.

PROVENANCE
All photographs for sale through this website are open-edition prints. They are all signed and dated on the back. Specific prints from certain collections may not be available in certain size ranges as they may be part of a limited-edition, numbered series.

PRINT INFORMATION
Sizes and Pricing for unmatted, unframed prints:

8x10 - $20 plus shipping
11x14 - $75 plus shipping
12x18 - $100 plus shipping
16x20 - $125 plus shipping
18x24 - $125 plus shipping
20x24 - $150 plus shipping
20x30 - $200 plus shipping
22x28 - $200 plus shipping
24x30 - $200 plus shipping
24x36 - $250 plus shipping
30x40 - $325 plus shipping
40x60 - $650 plus shipping

PRINTS ON CANVAS
My photographs can also be printed on stretched framing canvas. Printing on canvas lends the work a painterly quality. Contact me for a price list.

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