THE 4 part story ARC of my work

While each style can be very different I feel the essence is always based in a strong sense visual rhythm and design overlayed with subject matter and juxtapositions that evoke a humorous or somber tension.

1) Traditional Photography

Traditional work is all un-manipulated and is dependent on simply what is in the frame.

2) Photo Composition

From 1989 to 2000, Marcolina Design became known for pioneering the integration of unique digital collages into commercial design for clients like Sun Microsystems, Adobe, Rohm and Haas -- work that appeared in dozens of prestigious design publications like Graphis.

3) Mobile Photography

Shooting mobile forces me to think more graphically. It is like shooting with a Polaroid or toy film camera. But the simplicity of shooting and spontaneity of processing allow the work to become more interpretive.

4) Hybrid AI Photography

My hybrid AI assisted image creation starts My work brings together physical artefacts and personal impressions from my visual journey, traditional photography, mobile image-making, and my design sensibility shaped by decades of hands on digital craft. These materials become the foundation that I mix into the emerging world of AI-driven image creation.

Every piece begins with my own source material - photographs, textures, sketches, and handcrafted visual prompts so the final images stay grounded in my personal history, aesthetic, and intent. Also I rely on minimal word-prompting, avoiding style keywords, artist names, and imitation instructions to reduce AI’s “style-mining” behaviour. And then I add and remove elements by hand with Photoshops (commercially safe) generative fill, further removing any copy-write issues.

By building my images this way, my approach remains truer to my vision and far less entangled in the infringement issues that surround many AI-generated works. Rather than replacing craft, these new tools expand it. They allow me to merge decades of analog experience with modern generative workflows, revealing forms and narratives that sit between the genuine and

the generated. The result is a practice that honour’s where I’ve come from while exploring how technology can open new creative territories with integrity.

He has always experimented with alternative photo equipment and darkroom processing. Over the last 45 years he has shot in many formats from 5x7 to toy plastic cameras.

His photos have appeared in many juried photography shows across the country and his digital imagery in dozens of books and magazines. He has lectured widely on digital image creation. And has given many presentations for Apple and Adobe on digital photography and alternative processes. His prints are for sale in the Woodmere Museum of Art.

He wrote the first book on mobile photo manipulation for Peachpit Press “iPhone Obsessed” in 2010, which was translated into 3 languages, in addition to publishing many app store interactive ebooks on photography. He has organised several landmark iPhoneography events and international competitions. More recently he has lectured on “making AI personal”... controlling Artificial Intelligence with original camera input and manual post processing... for National Geographic, AIGA, APA, Tyler school of Art (Temple University) and the University of Delaware.