Making this website has renewed a deep passion for photography and creation. Although this site has been a work in progress for years now, the careful curation that you see here is what has taken up most of my free time in the past month.

For many years, this site held my most popular work, sorted into nouns and without a hint of my soul. I was so afraid to share the pieces of my work that I loved and in a way that was meaningful to me; I feared the judgment of some unknown and unseen hateful characters who I felt were looking for reasons to mock me.

Luckily, fear doesn’t drive me anymore. I have great love for the photos that I have shared here. Some of the people in these photos died recently or some years ago, and seeing them has made me so thankful to younger versions of me for capturing the moments we had together.

There are places in these pictures that I felt I would never escape from, that I never wanted to leave, that I fell in love with, that I once called home, that I now call home. I feel how I felt then, I remember exactly what I wanted and how photography helped me express what I felt or keep a memory that would now otherwise be long lost. In this work, I see myself growing up and growing older, see the fade in and out of friendships, the development of my perspective, my creative winters and springs. I see friends and family members who meant so much to me and who directly impacted who I am today.

I made this for me and for the people who want to hear what I have to say and see what I have to show. Since you are reading this, I will assume you are one of them. I am thankful for your will to spend your time and attention on something that means so much to me. I hope that these collections give you even a fraction of what they have given me. I hope that you feel what I felt, that you see it as I saw it. I hope you feel that you can be authentic and express yourself exactly how you want to as I am learning to.

Don’t be a stranger.