Self Portrait   Self portrait  

"We are not gods, we cannot ascend to heaven. No, we are mortal men. Only the gods live forever. Our days are few in number, and whatever we achieve is a puff of wind. Why be afraid then, since sooner or later death may come?... I will cut down the tree; I will kill Humbaba; I will make a lasting name for myself; I will stamp my fame on men's minds forever."

Gilgamesh - The Epic of Gilgamesh, 2000 BCE.

 

During the past two years I have chronologically arranged the negatives, prints, slides and digital files of 47 years of photography into a manageable easily viewed database. A unique part of this history in photographs is that it begins with photographs shot when I was eight years old.

Studying these photographs as a personal history has led me to an understanding of why I create. My work both presents this idea and at the same time serves as an example of it.

In tracing my physical and spiritual development I have become aware of the idea that the history of a unit, be it organic or inorganic, reflects the history of life and the cosmos.

The photographs, arranged in chronologically ordered panels, cover a wide range of subjects in black and white, in color, on film and digital media.

Areas of my life

 

albums
     
A History of my personal Photography   self portrait
     
A General History of Photography   Towards visual literacy         Leon Goldsmith
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