WHATEVER MERIT MY PHOTOS HAVE, MOST IF NOT ALL IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO MY FATHER, HARVEY CROZE SENIOR. HE WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER WHO GREW OUT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION. A SELF-TAUGHT MAN IN MANY WAYS, HE FINISHED HIS CAREER AS THE RESIDENTIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE CRANBROOK FOUNDATION IN MICHIGAN, USA, NORTH OF DETROIT. AS A PRE-TEEN I SENT MOST OF MY AFTER SCHOOL HOURS DOING HOMEWORK IN HIS STUDIO, FREQUENTLY WANDERING INTO THE DARKROOM TO WATCH HIM WORK THE MAGIC WITH LIGHT AND CHEMICALS. I CAN STILL SMELL THE HYPO. YOU MIGHT SAY I AM MADE FROM PHOTOGRAPHY: IT FED ME, CLOTHED ME, EDUCATED ME. PERHAPS WHY I HAVE COME BACK TO IT.

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