The Ghost Series is one of the first
projects where I began to capture images with the HOLGA camera.It was first introduced by my college
mentor, Paul Karabinis, Associate Professor of Photography at
the University of North Florida, during a course called “Alternative
Processing”.One thing that stuck in
my mind from PK , was the one phrase he often used
during my photo years;“Show me
something I haven’tseen
before”.Those were strong words
that really pushed me to go beyond capturing images that were more than
just, what he called,”Snapshots”.He is still the
most influential teacher even now years after my graduation.Paul discovered that there was something
special about my HOLGA images. It gave me the confidence to keep working
with this plastic toy camera. Now, many of my HOLGA images had been
selected and exhibited in shows nationwide.It is an honor to have been given the
opportunity to study with him and I am very grateful for that.
