I have lived and worked near the coast of Maine and New Hampshire for more than 30 years. I always wanted to be a Yankee. Growing up in the suburbs as part of the generation born just after the Holocaust, I was uneasily aware of a loss, not of a particular family member or friend, but of unknown relatives, unseen ancestral homes, and a place in time that had been obliterated. I envied those around me who could trace their roots back many generations and visit the places where their personal narratives were formed. Although some of those places might still exist in Eastern Europe, where my ancestors are from, I chose to adopt the coast along the Gulf of Maine as my new home. I have traveled it many times and photographed it extensively over the last 12 years.

The photographs blend cultural anthropology and art. I strive to produce images that move beyond the well-known landmark and bring the viewer an image that reflects a sense of a unique place at a particular time, but also contains elements that suggest the passage of time. Through this suggestion of the past combined with the immediacy of the moment my goal is to encourage the viewer to pause and to reflect on these places, and to want, as I have, to know more about them.