L’Heure Bleue is a French expression meaning The Blue Hour.  It speaks of Twilight when the world takes on a blue, luminous glow. L’Heure Bleue is an enchanted time when all is silent and humanity finds itself in perfect harmony with nature.  A chance to peer beyond the veil of consciousness, offering a glimpse into a world that stretches far and deep into the depths of the soul.

When we gaze into the looking glass, we are able to discover the reflection of our authentic selves. In a state of wonder and purity, immersed in the enchantment of the present moment, we can unlock our profound connection to the vast universe. By expanding the depths of our hearts and broadening our minds, we have the power to imagine.

Every day around the world, Climate Change is a major topic of debate; politically, environmentally, agriculturally and socially. Climate Change, both fortunately and unfortunately, has become a Trend. Our film personifies Climate Change. As the Narrator, Climate Change, asks critical questions of our human behavior. Climate Change is happening NOW, Every Second and Every Moment. We, as human beings, are not separate from Nature and the Environment. We are Climate Change.

Submerge explores the relationship we human beings have with the environment, both in the personal and the universal context. We, as living beings, are not separate from the Earth. The human body contains 70% of water fluids and the oceans waters cover more than 70% of the Earth itself. Water represents our connectedness to the Earth and to each other. Submerge is the courage and willingness to take the leap into the depths of the Waters of the Soul.

I was walking through a shopping mall on the top floor and happened to look down at children wildly jumping and playing in this wonderland below. From the vantage point up high, the children looked like tiny elves and fairies jumping, laughing and happily playing in a breakfast-themed playground. I hurriedly went home, grabbed my camera and for several weeks returned to to document the children playing. The short film, PLAY, is about the Magic. I am honored that two of the photographs from this series are featured in a prestigious, Curated Photography Collection by Hamburg Kennedy for Foster Care along with Diane Arbus, Sally Mann, Elliott Erwitt and Martin Parr.

The Dreamscapes Series are inspired by my travels to the Mediterranean coastal towns of Spain. Inspired by the play of light and color before me, I began experimenting, using my photography in a new direction. The photorealist painter uses the paintbrush to convey the world as in a photograph and I, as a photographer, use my camera as an instrument to convey the world through painterly eyes. Part color field painter, part impressionist and part abstractionist, I want to convey to the viewer the world we see is part of a larger reality and what appears to be clear and in focus is only our perception.

I wanted to celebrate the beauty & spirit of the female form in all shapes and sizes. For the Les Copines Series, I photographed my friends, which translated in French, is ‘Les Copines’. I was inspired by the impressionists, especially Renoir for this series.

In celebration of Water & The Ocean, I have created La Mer.

On summer weekends as a child, my mother and father would drive my brother, sister and I, from our suburban New Jersey home to Jones Beach, Long Island. Sitting in the back seat of our car, I felt whisked away as if to a foreign, beautiful land. From grey, concrete buildings, shopping malls, and endless storefronts, crossing the George Washington Bridge, passing the Statue of Liberty, and finally coming to this endless body of water called the Atlantic Ocean. There before us, sunlit and sparkling like a thousand precious jewels, was the ocean bathed by the brilliance of the sun. I sat in the car mesmerized and opened the windows to breathe in the salty ocean air. This to me was freedom and magic. Now, years later, the Ocean still has this effect on all my senses. I come alive just being near the Sea.

Haiku Video Installation was Inspired by the Eastern aesthetic, infusing the old world with the new. The borders between land and ocean are constantly changing and blending together as one. Haiku reflects the ebb and flow of the ocean, which echoes the ebb and flow of life itself. Haiku is my poem to the Universe.

Snapshot of the Sea, began in Key West, at sunset, photographing along the water’s edge. Out there in the distance, was a family calling to each other, playing in the water. The light playfully shimmered on the water, the sounds were haunting and familiar, as in a dream, a memory. As I looked out on this scene, the family in the water could have been from anywhere, any country in the world. They have become archetypes in that their cultural identities, the place and the era are obscured and merge into a poetic moment in time. I began to film it as one continuous frame… a photograph in motion, a moving Snapshot of the Sea.

This short film is a compilation of several weeks photographing from a higher vantage point, the passersby coming and going in South Beach, Miami, on an early Saturday night. It is meant to be playful and fun, observing how we humans interact with each other without having to use words, but through our body language.