Habitat destruction caused by deforestation, pollution, and agricultural development is happening at an alarming rate to our natural landscapes. It brings wildlife closer to human populations, endangering both animals and people. The destruction of habitat has probably caused our global pandemic.

My Habitat 1 series presents photographs of habitats being encroached upon and finally swallowed up by man-made structures. In the first image, the habitat is the main subject of the photograph and is detailed and distinct. The series ends, though, with a wall closing off a landscape... a landscape that is barely visible and disappearing.

The photographs of each project presented on the Baker site are meant to be seen as a series. At first, images are focused and distinct, but as the series progresses, successive images become more and more abstract and less photographic. It is hard to make out their detail.  Finally, in the last photograph of each series, reality has all but disappeared.

My photographic style lends itself well to the formation of these series. I have developed my own techniques for capturing reflections and representing transparency. My camera movement technique causes subject matter to become transparent and detail to disappear. These techniques have allowed me to create images with subjects that appear to disappear.

To facilitate the importance of sequence in these series, I have included, as the last artwork of each project, a slide show video of all images in the series. This video provides a sense of progression that enables viewers to more fully understand the serial nature of these projects.

All photographs are 20” x 30” pigment ink prints.

Habitat destruction also includes human habitat. I have seen first-hand the hollowing out of small towns in America. Beautiful, vintage main street towns are left starkly empty  because people have left to work jobs elsewhere. The people who still live in these towns have been devastated by economic downturns, as well as the pandemic.

My Habitat 2 series presents views of small-town rural America. The progression of this series symbolically follows these towns as they devolve into decay. The sharp definition of the first image contrasts strikingly with the last, a hazy view out a train window. These towns, peoples' hometowns, are disappearing.

My photographic style lends itself well to the formation of this series. I have developed my own techniques for capturing reflections and representing transparency. My camera movement technique causes subject matter to become transparent and detail to disappear. These techniques have allowed me to create images with subjects that appear to disappear.




To facilitate the perception of each Year of Disappear series, I have included, as the last artwork of each project, a slide show video of all images in the series. This video will provide a smooth progression of images in the series from corporeal existence to nothingness. And, it makes viewing my 2021 work easier.

All photographs in this series are 20” x 30” pigment ink prints.

 Friends, family, neighbors have disappeared during this on-going pandemic. Their forms fade. I miss them.

I have built commemorative photographic series for people lost to the pandemic.

In the first few photographs of each series, people are focused and distinct, but as the series progresses, the people become blurred and out of focus. It is hard to make out their features. Finally, they can barely be seen. We have lost them.

The main consideration of all three People series is the parent-child relationship. It is terrible to lose friends and neighbors but the most terrible loss is that of a family member. Everyone is someone’s child and every child has a mother and father.

I have organized the three People series according to their color and tonality, and have also considered three of the four elements that ancient Greeks believed made up all matter: earth, air, and water. The belief was that everything, including human beings were made up of combinations of the four elements.

The People 1 series presents photographs that are warm in color and dark in tonality. They are earthy and often contain glimpses of wood and landscape. I have friends and family who have strong links to the land as nature lovers, farmers, and equestrians.

My photographic style lends itself well to the formation of this series. I have developed my own techniques for capturing reflections and representing transparency. My camera movement technique causes subject matter to become transparent and detail to disappear. These techniques have allowed me to create images with subjects that appear to disappear.



To facilitate the perception of each Year of Disappear series, I have included, as the last artwork of each project, a slide show video of all images in the series. This video will provide a smooth progression of images in the series from corporeal existence to nothingness. And, it makes viewing my 2021 work easier.

All photographs in this series are 20” x 30” pigment ink prints.

 Friends, family, neighbors have disappeared into the haze of the corona virus pandemic. Their forms fade. I miss them.

I have built commemorative photographic series for people lost to the pandemic.

In the first few photographs of each series, people are focused and distinct, but as the series progresses, the people become blurred and out of focus. It is hard to make out their features. Finally, they can barely be seen. We have lost them.

The main consideration of all three People series is the parent-child relationship. It is terrible to lose friends and neighbors but the most terrible loss is that of a family member. Everyone is someone’s child and every child has a mother and father.

I have organized the three People series according to their color and tonality, and have also considered three of the four elements that ancient Greeks believed made up all matter: earth, air, and water. The belief was that everything, including human beings were made up of combinations of the four elements.

The People 2 series presents photographs where blue and cyan predominate and water movement is suggested. I grew up by the ocean and my family’s contentment and pleasure has always been linked to water.

My photographic style lends itself well to the formation of this series. I have developed my own techniques for capturing reflections and representing transparency. My camera movement technique causes subject matter to become transparent and detail to disappear. These techniques have allowed me to create images with subjects that appear to disappear.



To facilitate the perception of each Year of Disappear series, I have included, as the last artwork of each project, a slide show video of all images in the series. This video will provide a smooth progression of images in the series from corporeal existence to nothingness. And, it makes viewing my 2021 work easier.

All photographs in this series are 20” x 30” pigment ink prints.

The Movement-Soft portfolio delves into the photographic abstraction that is a result of my camera movement at the time of capture. For this portfolio, I used  larger, freer movements of the camera in order to free compositions of photographic detail and to create a softening of form and  blending of color.  In some images, the motion of the subject suggested the movement pattern for the camera. Throughout this portfolio, I wanted to enliven the painterly attributes of the image.

As photographic images approach black and white, the focus is on texture and tonal range.  Color becomes an accent in the composition. My moving camera capture technique was quick and erratic for these images and I worked with various sharpening techniques in developing the image. 

Since a steady camera is not required for my moving camera capture, I am able to photograph in environments where the light is very low. In these low light environments, my camera motion has a painterly and flattening effect. The movement-created textures in the images can be very complex because the slow shutter speed enables more choreography of camera movements. This portfolio is designed to have a theatrical effect, like landscapes illuminated and set on a stage.