About Barely an Angel

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The question is not what you look at, but what you see. ~ Henry Thoreau

In 2007, I was shooting with Leila, a model with the best tattoo of angel wings I’d ever seen. Inspired to photograph them well, I asked her to sit nude on the wood floor in the "Reverse Prayer" yoga pose with her back to the camera and ponytail to one side. I loved the result. The more I studied the composition the more I was drawn to it symbolically, deciding that the image of Leila and her wings could authentically represent my work.

My gratitude to Neeka Earle who converted the image to illustration for the logo. She did a fabulous job. From there, I credit my good friend Beth for finding the absolute perfect title to marry the image with my vision: "Barely An Angel."

For me, "Barely an Angel" represents the beauty and sensuality of a nude woman alongside her capacity for enduring energy, love, support, empathy and creativity.

About the Photographer

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There are always two people in every picture, the photographer and the viewer.  ~ Ansel Adams

I grew up in a working class family in New England. Both of my parents were amateur photographers, so as kids my siblings and I had cameras too. Posing and taking photos was natural for us. My brother became a dedicated photographer right out of high school and has been a talented, acclaimed news photographer for the past 40 years.

I became engaged with photography in the ‘80s, and it was 2001 when I decided to create abstract digital art from nude photographs. I discovered two important things: first, I was not a digital artist, and second, I enjoyed the creativity of photographing people along with the technical skills critical to being successful with studio lighting and digital photography.

“Since then, I have spent thousands of hours shooting tens of thousands of images of hundreds of subjects. Every shoot is different and I still love it.”