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Mardi Gras day in the French Quarter of New Orleans is all about joy and celebration. Every street corner becomes host to a block party with music, food and drink. The vast majority of revelers wear costumes. Some join friends and wear themed outfits, others go all out and become unrecognizable. This gentleman, caught in a reflection, is wearing the traditonal Mardi Gras colors. Purple representing Justice. Green represents Faith and Gold is for Power. Laissez les bons temps rouler !

My goal as a photographic artist lies in creating images that demand more than a passing glance, more than 125th of a second they capture. My favorite genre is abstracts that draw the viewer into aesthetically pleasing puzzles that inspire wonder. While searching for that elusive magic, I indulge in anything else that catches my eye and might catch yours. My obsession with photography began with a 75-cent folding Kodak from a church bizarre when I was twelve years old. I spent the next 20 years in darkrooms and textbooks, learning everything I could about the art and science of it. I opened a studio and lab business while still in high school and eventually ended up selling equipment and supplies for an old-school camera shop. That job...