Art Photography

During the seventies, while still in high school, I started my career by getting backstage at major rock concerts. I built a collection of dramatic photos of rock legends like Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, and Rod Stewart.

The Mexican American culture is a huge part of what makes San Antonio unique. Throughout my career, I've captured that culture on film -- the Mexican rodeo, our native Conjunto and Tejano music, street vendors, religious pageantry, poets, and artists.

In 1996, I collaborated with poet gary s. whitford to produce a series of twenty-eight photos of flowers that are matched to verses of poetry and that — together — describe the beauty and fragility of romance. This gallery displays those photos as short videos.

This series of images is different from others I have done. Most of my work has been in black and white or sepia but for this exhibit, the items invite the use of color. These foods, immigrating from Mexico, have been integrated into the life and culture of our country, adding to its richness.

In November 2011, I joined four other photographers on a trip to China sponsored by UTSA and the China Photographers Association. We exhibited our images of Texas, and toured the country. Our images from that trip were exhibited at the Institute of Texan Cultures. It was an amazing trip.

The human community has long ascribed messages of salvation to angels, and times of torment to devils. Over a decade or more, I created these images, posing ordinary people, and working with local artists to craft costumes and tableaus. Then poet gary s. whitford wrote a lyrical message to articulate the meaning of each photo.

In July of 2020, I started a special project for San Antonio-based WellMed Medical Management, traveling to locations throughout Texas where WellMed provided palliative care, taking photos of patients and their caregivers.