Pastel on paper. The osprey has become the symbol of the United States for a reason. This beautiful bird has an x-factor few can match. I have deliberately depicted only the head, to emphasise its powerful beak and beautiful white head.
I came this close to not being involved in photography. My first camera was a Kodak Instamatic, with the biggest parallax error you could wish for! So I always had pictures of people without heads. I used these cassettes with 12 or 24 photos, black and white (that.. Read more…