This is an essay examining the need to re-evaluate the attributes of photography with the arrival of the digital image. Photography, from its very inception had an undeniably powerful and implicit claim to truth. It transformed vision, just as speech transforms words and gave us still representations of the changing world which could be revised interminably. But the immaterial nature and ease of manipulation of digital images has liberated the perception that a photograph adheres to fact. In an image saturated world our vision has become unstable and with the immaterial nature of images today, can we believe our eyes? ...more

This essay charts my studio journey through my Master of Fine Arts degree. It examines the relationship between photography and painting and how each informs and defines the other. ...more

In the 150 year existence of the photographic image much has been debated regarding the photography vs. painting issue. The predicted death struggle between the traditional and new methods of picture making seemed at first clear and simple. ...more