It started in college when I assisted master photographer Paulo Takahashi for three years in his wedding and portrait studio. As happened to so many people before and since, the seed for a lifelong  love of image making was planted the moment the first picture appeared in that magic progression of developer to acid to fixer to water bath. And it all starts with a tiny moment of time when the decision is made to release the shutter for a fraction of a second. National Geographic photographer Sam Abell titled one of his books  “Stay This Moment”. Henri Cartier-Bresson was famous for the “Decisive Moment”. Here in 6 albums are some of my moments.

 

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