Wheel Art

1941 Packard

Alfa Romeo

Desert Pontiac

Hood Ornament #3

1967 Jaguar

Club Sedan

Hood Ornament #5

1937 Cord

Excalibur

1947 Knucklehead

Bugatti

Beautiful things don’t ask for attention, from “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”

I have always been intrigued by the duality of speed and form – from riding my Schwinn Sting Ray bike when I was a kid to driving my first Corvette when I was 28.

My passion for cars is captured by another passion of mine: photography. Similarly, I have been interested in photography since I was a kid.

You will notice that my photographs do not show an entire automobile but rather only a small section of it. I feel this better portrays the essence of that automobile. I try to highlight the key attribute, whether a rolling classic or a common car with unique flowing features – turning the mundane into magnificent.

These photographs used a process as old as the automobile – with black and white film and a traditional darkroom. The silver prints are like the chrome on the cars – with real metal.

There is something enjoyable and special about using film. The photographs become more “art” with each manual process. Using film might be somewhat limiting compared to digital, but it is more deliberate and tactile.

Though I enjoy photographing a variety of subjects, I often “see” them in a similar way. An automobile’s fender curves much like that of a woman’s body, a waterfall has the same sparkle of a car’s chrome. Or, a tombstone could be either like a boxy car hood or ornate like a hood ornament.

These images were taken with either a 35mm Nikon F2 camera or a 4x5 inch large-format film camera and processed in my traditional (wet) darkroom.