I was eight years old when I found a disposable camera. I held it up to my eye and at that moment, the whole world changed. I realized that the world spoke to me in light, and that I could speak back. Since that moment, photography became a beloved language, a language of light, through which I communicate with the world, both seen and unseen.
From disposable camera to film camera, to long days in the darkroom, to the eventual rise of digital photography, a camera (or two) was always in my bag, with me all of my days. Image-making was a main form of personal expression, reflection, and hobby, until 2010 when I was asked to photograph an event, and then a wedding; then a portrait, and very quickly photography moved front and center into my professional sphere, becoming my main trade.
Aside from one darkroom class in high-school, I am self-taught by experience and experimentation. Rather than capture, I strive to reveal the essence of who and what I find myself in conversation with; documenting with presence in a way that connects, evokes and inspires the beauty, resilience, and light that I see.
