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This image was taken during a recent trip to the Bronx Zoo and the gorilla exhibit. I was not prepared for the emotional impact these extraordinary animals had on me. Perhaps it's projection, anthropomorphism or a combination of both, but I was moved by the intelligence, dignity and what I perceived as resignation and perhaps even sadness in their wonderfully expressive eyes.

ABOUT MY WORK With the exception of the galleries containing Digital Drawings & Paintings and Citiscapes, all of the images on this site began as photographs. My purpose, however, is not to present the camera's view of the world, but, rather, my own creative vision. At times, the camera and I are in closer agreement as to what we see than at others. An exact, literal, external representation of each subject is of less interest to me than is capturing its "inner light". Toward that end, I employ computerized filters and effects to create images intended to express the subject as I experienced it, rather than as viewed by the camera's eye. Some of my work was recently published in the book, On the Milky Way, a collection of art...