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In the beginning
I started out acting in 1981. I went
to a summer theatre camp near my house in Michigan, just north of detroit
for two years and got involved in drama in high school. I
was too shy, however and my feeble attempts at getting more serious about
it were not working. My father had bought a Minolta Maxxum camera, the
first automatic computerized camera. He let me borrow it and I found myself
shooting alot. I took my first photography class and I was sold on the
idea. I look back now, realizing that I chose to shoot because I wanted
to be in front of the camera and since no one else wanted to put me there,
I did it myself. I shot for 10 years, had shows and started to make a name
for myself as a photographer, but could not sell any work. Most of my work
was self-portrait installation influenced heavily by Cindy Sherman, Duane
Michaels, and the Starn Twins. I went to Ohio State and eventually majored
in photography.
I had teachers who either hated or
loved my work and I would often have battles about my content and decisions
as a photographer. When the photo department almost closed due to a lack
of funding, I left only to move back to Detroit and battle with the photography
instructor at Wayne State University.
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