“Guerilla Photography” is about two ideas: accessibility and immediacy. The photos on the following pages were taken with three types of cameras: a standard 35mm film camera (remember those?), a point-and-shoot digital, and an LG Voyager cell phone camera.  None costs over $250, and each can be mastered by anyone.

We move through our world so quickly.  A recent issue of Vanity Fair hit the problem on its head: “Among the defining attributes of now are ever tinier gadgets, ever shorter attention spans, and the privileging of marketplace values above all.  Life is maniacally parceled into financial quarters, three-minute YouTube videos, 140-character tweets.” (January 2010, p. 91)

I’m no luddite: 2/3 of these images were made using technology that barely existed 10 years ago.  But I miss film, letter-writing, picking up the phone to say hello, and the gritty feel of newsprint.  My wish for you, Dear Viewer, and the singular message of my art is this: slow down. If the cameras we hold in our pockets are sufficient to capture framable images, then shouldn’t we pause to take a closer look?  Embrace the lights and colors and expressions, the art that inhabits our daily lives.