I have spent the past 40 years telling stories using film and video. Pierspective is a retirement project that takes me back to a fundamental principle I was taught in film school over 40 years ago: you must learn how to compose a single frame before you can shoot 24 or 30 frames per second. This project also presents a unique opportunity to exploit the familiar notion that “every picture tells a story.”

The wooden pier outside my front door is the fixed stage upon which a fascinating… more