“There are two ways of spreading light: 
to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
--EDITH WHARTON

I believe discovery happens over and over again. I first started photographing rare books in 1993 –  this is when I got hooked on taking pictures of pictures, making new pictures from hand writing, musical sketches, marginalia, and the small, richly preserved paintings of illuminators. In my work I have met with great collectors and tried my best to enter into the unique world each collection creates. I usually feel like I am on a treasure hunt, that I am uncovering valuable images that have their own longing to be seen and to be relevant today. For my photography there is no better landscape for this discovery process than the library. 

Special thanks to the cartographers, illuminators, and the collectors: William & Johannes Blaeu, William H. Scheide, Arthur Ferris, William T. Grant, Kristina Johnson, James Ford Bell, Gilman Ordway and the magical world of Parisian, Pierre Pomet. 

Thank you to the Universities & Museums for their commitment to collect, preserve and share. I am grateful to the James Ford Bell Library at the University of Minnesota, The Schubert Club Museum, Princeton University, and private collectors. 

Armenian Princess, 36x24, photograph on aluminum, $1450

Stack of Books, 16x28, photograph on aluminum, $950

Hands, 18x12, photograph on aluminum, $495