I photograph the overlooked to reconnect us with this planet we call home so that we can be reminded of its beauty, fragility, & scale.
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I create photography that lives in the in-between, in the details most people overlook. I’m drawn to contrast, shadow, and quiet tension. My work focuses on the unnoticed: the raw, the fleeting, the almost forgotten. I like images that feel a little haunting. Things that make you stop, look twice, and feel something you can’t quite explain.
Where do you find inspiration?I find inspiration in what people ignore. I notice the fragile and the hidden, like raindrops clinging to leaves, spiderwebs waiting in silence, shadows cutting across the ground. There’s a darker kind of beauty in those moments, and that’s what pulls me in. In the small, quiet moments there is a feeling that something powerful exists just beneath the surface.
What would you do with $25,000?I would use it to chase the images I don’t have the resources for yet. It would allow me to travel, experiment, and have the space to create without compromise. I would be able to update my equipment and expand into new environments with the ability to shoot with the intention of creating images that pull people out of autopilot and to realize how much has been there right in front of them all along.
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