On the set of “Draw” 1983 - My first major film production with Kirk Douglas and James Coburn. On the last day, taking me aside Kirk handed me a double whisky, clinked our glasses, announcing, “Kid you’ve been through the worst there is. You’re going to do okay”.
My photographic career has revolved around documentary projects ranging from flying saucer cults (“In Advance of the Landing”), to recording the culture of the Metis in Northern Alberta, to the beliefs in the ancestor spirits of the Chewa of Malawi (“The Elephant Has Four Hearts - Nyau Masks and Ritual”).
Those extended documentary projects were largely financed and maintained by shooting publicity stills for Hollywood film studios. Each project - whether the futuristic 3D, sci-fi rendering of TRON, or engaging with the aboriginal culture of the Metis, has offered valuable opportunities to explore technology and experience unique cultural environments and provided rewarding challenges and unexpected surprises.