Steve Martin, Los Angeles, 2009 Archival Pigment Print

Archival Pigment Print Signed and Numbered by the artist Edition of 50 16x20", 20x24" or 30x36"      Coming up with an idea for a photograph is a strange, ever changing process. Sometimes you can struggle for days, weeks even, and not come up with anything that seems vaguely original. And other times an idea appears fully formed in your mind with so little effort, that you couldn’t believe you thought of it at all.     This is one of my favorite photographs, and I will tell you why: everything stems from one idea, and the idea so perfectly fits my take of who Steve Martin is. The idea came to me out of the ether, as if it was sent by invisible carrier pigeon and was dropped into my brain. I love when an idea makes sense. Too often in photography we see images that are visually arresting, but give us no greater context about who the person in the photograph is. When you can say something visually about your subject that creates a window into their personality, career path, or philosophy