And last but not least, the "about" page! First off, I want to thank you, the viewer for making it this far. Most come for the photos, but, every so often, there are those who want to know more about the man behind the site. That would be me, the one over on the right, minus a few years, a college degree, and considerable amount of fabric pigmentation. That shirt is just about grey by now.

     I've carved out this small — 80MB or so — corner of cyberspace to show off some of my artistic ventures and projects. It's a few years in the making and growing. It has evolved from a simple gallery of photos from my adventures in Japan to galleries from my adventures all over the world, with a few thoughts thrown into the mix. The site has gone from HTML to Flash, and back again. And, save for a few tweaks and bits from Dreamweaver, is still hand-coded and designed. All the highlighted bits, css, and scraps of JavaScript are my own design. More or less. I'm indebted to all those who've answered obscure posts on HTML coding forums.

     Most of the work I present here goes back to my time as a student at Ithaca College, and the time I spent studying abroad in Germany. Her name was Brünhilde, and....

     Just kidding. Serious about Germany, though. For the Spring and Summer of 2006 I kicked around Freiburg, in Baden-Württemberg. It's where I got my feet wet for the world-traveler role. It's a beautiful city. The architecture there is a brilliant combination of old-world design and modern know-how. With so many picturesque parts to the city, it wasn't difficult to stir up my creativity.

     Jump forward a few years and 6,000 miles to Tokyo. Fresh out of school, I was hired to do the job that has been the traditional way for foreigners to get into Japan for the last 30 years: teach English. It was a fun job. I met a lot of interesting peopel, made good friends, and dove headfirst into photography. In a country as different from my own as Japan is, in both landscape and culture, new, fun subjects were everywhere.

     Which brings us here — www.Authographic.com. My online home and gallery, where I get a chance to share some of the strange, interesting, and beautiful things I've seen in my travels. As always, it's a work in progress, so drop by every so often to see what's changed.

Enjoy!

—Steve
steve@authographic.com