Heartland - Farm, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

This scene in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was just a few blocks from my hotel and seemed to be begging to be photographed and added to my Heartland series. An early morning sun, a nice Midwestern sky, along with some judicious framing produced this image on Ilford Delta 100 film.

I used my Hasselblad X-pan on the normal 35mm frame ratio setting, rather than the panoramic ratio setting. The ability to switch between two different capture ratios makes it a quite versatile camera for me.

Beijing Rickshaw Driver

Although many of the quaint and culturally rich areas that I visited a few years ago have been torn down as they were replaced in an effort to 'modernize' for the 2008 Olympics, the Peoples Republic of China is still a fantastic country to photograph.

This portrait of the traditional rickshaw driver is one of my favorite images as it presents that cultural juxtaposition of the 'old' and the 'new' that I have often experienced throughout my visits to China.

Rickshaw driver, Peoples Republic of China, 2004