Diane's

"It is the magic of how light falls on a subject, the freezing of a moment in time, the drama of an image and its emotional impact, along with the ability to manipulate the many variables available in the darkroom that make photography so enthralling. Digital photography has not yet seduced me for use in my art photography. The reverse seems to hold: in addition to working with silver-gelatine papers, I am fascinated by the effects of platinum/palladium printing, with its wide tonal range, the beauty of the brush strokes, and the effects on many varieties of paper. Also using some of these images in collage opens up other possibilities."

The photographs on this site represent several areas of interest: rural Spain, rural life in the South and Appalachia, Israel, China, libraries and their inhabitants, musicians teaching, portraits, and cats.