My earliest formal education in photography came at age 16. It was a summer program run by the CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, NY. It was sponsored by the Polaroid Corporation, and taught by Peter Layton. While I may not have understood them at the time, Peter taught me several lessons that have served me well over the years. He taught me early on to be disciplined and ensure that each image was fine-tuned in the darkroom to reach its full potenti ...