Bio
I was born in Manhattan in 1948, went to City & Country school in the Village and The High School of Music & Art in Harlem, but much of my education took place in between, especially during my high school years, where on many days after school and on weekends I prowled the city's art museums, repeatedly being drawn back to MOMA's tiny photography exhibition space. From 1966 to 1970 I studied photography at the Philadelphia College of Art (PCA) with Ray K. Metzker, Barbara Blondeau and Tom Porett, all graduates of the Institute of Design in Chicago. I taught photography at PCA, (which in 1985 became the University of The Arts), from 1972 to 1990. At the same time I was exhibiting my photography in private galleries and museums, taking inspiration for my work from what I saw around me in the inadvertent course of life's events. In 1989 I met my life partner, Jack Potter, a gardener and arboretum curator. We both had AIDS when we met. In 1992 we left the city, moving to New York's Hudson Valley for what I thought would be our last few years. Then triple drug therapy happened and we grew older here, leading quite, semi reclusive lives. My time here has been, and continues to be, productive for my photography, which changes as I do. I’ve found whatever my circumstances photography is essential.
PHOTO: Shadow Self, 2013 (from the Shadow Life Series)