This photo, “Storyteller,” is for sale, $125.

I took the first photos in my life about a decade ago shortly after Maria and I met. Photography transformed me, it helped me see the world in a completely different way. When we became friends, Maria was the first  person in he world who encouraged me to keep taking pictures.

My book editor sneered at the photos, he said they were hallmark cards, and that I should stick to writing. Maria’s support became the template for the encouragement for one another that has so marked our relationship and love for each other.

Now, photography is an essential and nearly equal part of my own creativity, it supports the writing, and the story telling, and both support the photography. Pictures never lie.

I remember that every picture I took was a message to Maria, a  love letter, she called me every night to urge me on and praise my work, which was often very primitive and dour. It very much reflected the darkness and confusion in my soul at the time.

When people around me told me not to bother, she told me to keep going. She saw something deep inside of me that needed and wanted to come out.

My love for her infuses every photograph I take and brings emotion and feeling to my images. I didn’t sell my photos for years because it would be too expensive for most people, I am figuring out how to do it. I want to say my photos are free, they are not copyrighted or wallmarked. feel free to use them as screensavers or in any other way you wish. I see them as angels heading out into the world.

I have been experimenting with photographs, light and composition and lens, every day for years,  and I have begun to figure out how to sell them – the most inexpensive way with the best quality paper and ink and one of the best professional printers anywhere.

I’ll never sell a ton of expensive photos, but I am starting to sell my landscapes, and it feels good and affirming. I will continue to work to be better.

I print only to order and skip the expensive frames.

I believe $125 for fine art photographs is the lowest possible price. The prints are shipped in tough tubes and it takes about two weeks for a photo to get to the buyer.  Last night, I got a number of messages asking if this photograph was for sale, and so it is. It costs $125 plus $6 shipping.

“Storyteller” will be up on Maria’s Etsy Shop Wednesday morning (it is 3 a.m., she is sleeping). The print, called “Storyteller,”  will be 8.5 x 12.5, it’s a Fine Art Print, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 100 per cent cotton acid free paper, archival ink, signed and unframed.

You can see it and purchase it on Maria’s Etsy Shop Wednesday morning, or if you prefer, you can pay by check, contact Maria at [email protected]. Thanks for your support and interest.