Biography

As a kid, I quickly fell in love with movies. My father can take some credit for that, as it was his goal to make sure I watched all of the "absolutely must-see, need-to-watch classics", all the way from Wrath of Khan to Bill & Ted. Movies made me realize what art can be - how moving images can instill the strongest of emotions.

In college, I initially became a media arts major focusing on Film Studies at the University of South Carolina. But I realized that at the heart of it all, the necessary building block of all cinema was the photograph. The photograph contains one singular moment with emotion - which, strung together with around 172,000 frames or so - creates one large story. But with the singular photograph, there can be an implied hundred photos before and after the initial photo was taken. We don’t get to see them, but instead have the privilege of imagining. To understand the medium of the photograph would be vital, so I made a transition and switched my major to focus on photography.

I spent most of my time in the darkroom learning, understanding, and sharpening my craft of both traditional and alternative film development and processing (dealing with some truly horrendous smelling chemicals).

the road not taken...IS THE ONE BEST SUITED

I enjoy the experience of going out and photographing all things, because they all have their own stories to tell. If you take the opportunities that come your way (or even better, the ones that are out of the way), and photograph those things, then you are guaranteed every time to learn a little something new - keeping things exciting and fresh, and that way every photo is equally new and of its own. It’s about the journey, and not necessarily the destination, right?