My “Combed” portfolio images were born when I began pre-visualizing my never-seen images and saw more images when I was alone with the upside-down and reversed orientation 4″x5″ or 8″x10″ image on the view camera’s ground glass. I would talk about my image. I tried to make it work within my storyboard. I would tell my story and the image replied to me generating a special connection and binding. The camera’s dark cloth separated me and my image from the disturbing surroundings and this slow, precise, and intimate image-making process opened my heart and cleared my mind. When I finally clicked the shutter and captured the image, I felt an inner peace and I was happy.
