About
“I’m intrigued by the strangeness of the world and photography’s ability to capture that.” –Alex Webb
I look for moments of magic, surprise, and sudden grace—I see them all the time and everywhere. I marvel at the impossibility of the visual rhymes and metaphors our seen world offers. To me, these are glimpses of other worlds, other possibilities, other ways of being. I want to grab the nearest passerby by the shoulders and point them squarely toward this fleeting magic. No wonder I’m drawn to night photography, street photography, and trying to see the multiverse.
I fell in love with photography in college, when I was chosen as editor of the yearbook and took a summer course to prepare for the job. But I got most of my serious training in photography during the early 1990s at the University of California Berkeley extension, where I had the good fortune to study with the master printer and documentary photographer Frank Espada, among others. In 2017, my artistic life took a huge leap forward with the first of many classes from the peerless photographer and teacher Sam Abell. I’m currently part of a loose confederation of night photographers called Studio Nocturne SF. I’ve participated in San Francisco’s Open Studios regularly, and have exhibited in galleries, art centers, and other venues both nationally and internationally. My photos are in private collections in the Bay Area, New York, Paris, and elsewhere.
In January 2018, Ann Jastrab, now executive director of the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, CA, awarded “Thank You, Tim” second place in FotoFoto Gallery’s 13th National Photography Competition, calling the photo “a flawless picture.” In November 2018, Eve Schillo, assistant curator for photography at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gave an award of merit to “Burning Bush,” at Carmel’s Center for Photographic Art. In October 2020, the photo, “Early Morning Market, San Miguel de Allende,” was chosen from 11,500 entries to be included in a show of Bay Area artists at San Francisco’s de Young Museum. In July 2023, I received Honorable Mentions in five categories of the 20th Julia Margaret Cameron competition. The 11 honored photographs were shown at FotoNostrum in Barcelona, Spain, in April 2024.
All my work is available for sale and for show.
Recent Shows
2025
April: Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA. “Purple!” Jurors: Jan Watten and Ann Jastrab
2024
November: Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA. “Small Works.” Juror: Paul Mahder.
November: Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA. “International Juried Exhibition,” online gallery. Juror: Elizabeth Avedon
April: Fotonostrum, Barcelona, Spain. “20th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers.” Jurors: Elizabeth Avedon, Ann Jastrab, and Elizabeth Krist. Honorable Mentions in Architecture and Interiors; Culture and Daily Life; Fine Art: Single; Fine Art: Series; Women Seen by Women.
January: Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA. “Pretty in Pink.” Jurors: Jan Watten and Ann Jastrab
2023
June: Convento della Maddalena, Castel di Sangro, Italy. “L’arte della Pesca – la Pesca nell’arte.” Juror: Stephen DiCerbo.
April: Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts. “Ninth International Photography Exhibition.” Juror: Paula Tognarelli.
April: Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA. “Members’ Juried Exhibition,” online gallery. Juror: Hamidah Glasgow.
March: FotoFoto Gallery, Huntington, NY. “18th National Photographic Exhibition.” Juror: Alex Ferrone.
January: Belvedere-Tiburon Library Gallery, Tiburon, CA. “Connections: Art & Music.” Jurors: Richard Rozen & Sandra Wolfson.
2022
December: Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA. “Shades of Gray.” Jurors: Jan Watten and Ann Jastrab
December: New York Center for Photographic Art, New York, NY. “Black and White 2022.” Juror: Dan Burkholder. Honorable Mention for “Via San Donato.”
2021
November: Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA. “Yellow!.” Juror: Ann Jastrab
October: San Francisco Open Studios, with Studio Nocturne SF.
October: SOMARTS Cultural Center, SF Open Studios Exhibition.
2020
October: de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA. “The de Young Open.” Jurors: Hung Liu, Mildred Howard, Enrique Chagoya
September: Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA. “The Meaning of Green.” Juror: Ann Jastrab
2019
September: ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA. “San Francisco Bay International Photography Exhibition.” Jurors: Elizabeth Avedon, Julie Grahame, Ann Jastrab, David Garnick. Silver award and Gallery Award for “The Arrival.”
August: New York Center for Photographic Art, New York, NY. “Dusk to Dawn.” Juror: Laura Ann Noble. Honorable Mention for “Merge.”
February: Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA. “Something Blue.” Juror: Ann Jastrab
2018
November: Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA. International Juried Exhibition. Juror: Eve Schillo. Award of Merit for “Burning Bush.”
October: San Francisco Open Studios, with Studio Nocturne SF.
October: Farley’s, San Francisco, CA. Studio Nocturne SF.
October: Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR. “Poetics of Light.” Juror: Todd Johnson
April: Office of California Senator Scott Wiener, San Francisco, CA. “Nite Life.” Juror: Joseph Abbati
February: Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA. “Seeing Red.” Juror: Ann Jastrab
January: Foto Foto Gallery, Huntington, NY. 13th National Photography Competition. Juror: Ann Jastrab. Second prize for “Thank You, Tim.”
January: Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, CA. 5th Annual Juried Art Show. Jurors: Carin Adams & Jenny Gheith.
January: Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Snap! Jurors: Matthew Frederick, Priscilla Otani, Stephen C. Wagner & Michael Yochum
2017
October: San Francisco Open Studios, with Studio Nocturne SF.
June: Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA. “Blue.” Juror: Randolph Murphy
April: Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO. “The Nth Degree.” Juror: James Chase
April: San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA. “New Visions 2017.” Juror: George Lepp
February: Harvey Milk Photo Center, San Francisco, CA. “Nocturnes & Noir.” Jurors: Michael Kenna and Helen Garber
2014
October: Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA. “Inclusions 6: Bernal Heights Artists“
2013
November: Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA. “Retrospective 6“
August: Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA. “Electron Salon”
February: Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA. “Expanded Works“
February: Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA. “Electron Salon”
January: Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA. “Snap to Grid“
2012
October: Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA. “Art From Within”