Photography is about seeing…
My relationship with photography began in Richmond, Virginia, with an oatmeal tin, a small hole, and a grade-school art experiment. Building my first pinhole camera was an early lesson in curiosity: ordinary materials could become a tool for seeing, and a familiar scene could become something worth studying.
That impulse has stayed with me. Today, based in Brooklyn, New York, I make fine art photographs that consider the relationship between people, architecture, and nature in the spaces we move through every day. I am especially drawn to visual contrasts—the soft edge of a shadow against concrete, an organic form interrupting a rigid grid, or a fleeting human presence within an expansive built environment.
Photography has taught me to slow down. Cities often encourage us to move quickly, following routines and looking ahead rather than around. With a camera in hand, I try to notice what might otherwise go unseen: a pattern of reflected light, a quiet corner of a familiar street, an unexpected alignment of color and form, or the details that give a place its character.
Whether I am walking through Brooklyn or arriving in a city for the first time, I look for both the iconic and the overlooked. I am interested in the way light, shadow, texture, and scale can change our perception of an environment. A photograph can transform an everyday moment into something slightly unfamiliar, inviting us to pause and reconsider what we thought we knew.
As a self-taught photographer, my practice is shaped less by formal rules than by lived experience, intuition, and patience. I rarely leave home without a camera because some of the strongest images are never planned. They appear when preparation meets surprise—when you are present enough to recognize that a brief, unrepeatable moment is worth holding onto.
For me, photography is both an outward and inward practice. It is a way of sharing my visual language, but also a way of learning how I move through the world: what catches my attention, why certain juxtapositions resonate, and how place can influence feeling. I do not aim to prescribe a single meaning through my images. Instead, I hope to leave room for viewers to bring their own memories, interpretations, and narratives to the work.
This blog will be a space to share that process: the images I am making, the places that shape them, the stories behind particular photographs, and the ongoing practice of paying closer attention.
My work is available for exhibitions, projects, and collaborations. If you are interested in exploring a series or discussing a body of work, I would welcome the conversation.