These images are a selection of my photographs, which will be changed here from time to time. 

My images are almost always in color.  I worked in a camera shop in Los Gatos, California when I was in high school in the late 50s, early 60s, and there was introduced to the range of color “chrome” transparency films that were available.  I loved what color film did to what I saw and brought into my old Voightländer 35mm camera.

Back then, and continuing through my whole life, I have been photographing the world as I observe it, as I see it -- mostly in its beauty and its constantly telling stories to me -- or presenting things that catch my eye, my fancy, my senses of wonder and joy and gratitude -- sometimes my sense of humor.

As a result, my images tend to be narrative; often with traces of being lyric or romantic or otherwise expressive.  And they will often reflect a defining moment, which is my extension of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s term, decisive moment -- a term that has also been applied to the work of the Italian Renaissance painter, Titian (who had a marvelous sense of color).

Many of my images are parts of larger pictures, stories, or collections, some of which I’ve gathered into Photo Collections, below.  Please double click on each Collection, to be linked to all of the photographs in the Collection, along with an introductory text that includes a project description or statement.

My photographs can be purchased, and if you are interested, please email me at 44pilgrim@gmil.com.