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ABOUT
ROB |
I
first became interested in photography more than
30 years ago. I was a photographer for our
college yearbook and spent many long hours in
the darkroom developing black and white prints.
After graduating, however, I decided to be
practical and pursue a career in financial
services. While I did not completely give up my
photography, I was only able to photograph
sporadically for many years.
Over the years I found myself devoting more
and more time to my photography.
Finally, after working in financial services for
more than
20 years I decided to follow my passion and work
full-time on my photography business in 2003.
Since then I have never regretted this decision.
While my days are less structured, every day
brings a new challenge both in building a small
business as well as honing my photographic
skills.
Every year I try to spend at least 1/3 of my
time on photography trips. Since we
moved to Washington state 3 years ago, I
have been focusing my trips on the North
American West and Japan. Most of my
images were taken in Australia, Canada,
Japan, New Zealand and the US.
Since returning to the US, I have been
marketing my images as fine art photographic
prints. Currently 4 galleries in
Washington state represent my work. I
also work with 3 photo stock agencies in the
US, Japan and the UK. My images have
been published in several magazines
including Nature's Best, Nature
Photographer, Gulfshore Life and Japan Photo
Contest.
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After living in Tokyo on and off for over 15 years, I moved
to Washington state in 2003 with my wife, Yoko, and our 2
cats, Yancha and Miki.
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