This is a portfolio of work originally commissioned and collected by the Free Library of Philadelphia's Print and Picture department in the 1980s, 90s, and 00s. This homepage is an overview of the collection while the Gallery has a wider selection of images showing Portraits, Northeast Philadelphia, Frankford and Kensington, North Philadelphia, Center City, South Philadelphia, Storefronts, Architecture and Construction. The total collection contains close to 1400 images of Philadelphia from that era. A list of the dates and locations of the specific projects can be found on the Portfolios and Dates page. These images are also in the collections of the Special Collections Research Center in the Charles Library at Temple University, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Atwater Kent Museum and numerous Private Collections. I’m looking for opportunities to collaborate with Galleries, Corporate Collectors and Publishers interested in Fine Art Photography and Photographic Prints and Collections.
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Artist Statement
My images are a portrait of a city that I love. I have photographed the people, places and things in Philadelphia in the 80s and 90s. I photographed the areas that I was raised in and later frequented; I photographed what I knew. These images area portrait of the city viewed from the inside out. It is the people that live in the neighborhoods, the things they did, the businesses they owned. It is important, to look at the evolution of what makes this great city today.
As someone who was a product of the neighborhoods of Philadelphia, these photos are an unapologetic look back at where we came from. The entire collection contains the Convention Center being built, the closure of Holmesburg Prison and the Philadelphia Naval Yard, intersections and row houses, buildings and skylines, boxers and business owners, all viewed from the eyes of an insider.
These photos show the human spirit and condition of Philadelphia. How we survive and endure and become what we are. It shows how we live, what we live in and the things we surround ourselves with. This is the Philadelphia I know.
Shot in detail with large format Black & White negatives. Intended to be viewed over time to celebrate the progress and evolution of the Philadelphia we have becomes.
These Photographs are in numerous collections; the largest of which is the Free Library’s Print and Picture Collection. The FLP house almost 1400 images shot during that era. Most recently the Special Collections Research Center in the Charles Library at Temple University.
