As a teenager, Fred began photographing Chicago Cityscapes with his father's old Hassleblad bellows camera.
Those early lessons stuck, and many years later it is easy to see the 'big' in Fred's photos, whether it's a mountain range or a tulip.
Fred’s unique ability includes being able to see “subscenes”, picking out the small scenes within the larger scene; a wildflower in the desolation of the arctic circle tundra; a single tulip backdropped by roiling thunderstorm clouds.
Having a keen eye for composition and a distain for the trite, he always works to get uncommon images of uncommon subjects. He shoots in an intense, rapid-fire way, always taking chances, but the results are often startling.
“Nature has a way of showing herself to us, and if we carefully look, we will see new and ashtonishing things. ”
