ARTIST STATEMENT

Through the lens, I seek not just to capture a subject but to reveal the extraordinary that hides within the everyday. What begins as a simple photograph becomes the foundation for transformation, a mirrored view into the soul, the subconscious, the beautifully strange.

Each portrait is composed for the imaginative mind. In my digital darkroom, reality is gently unraveled and rewoven, blending whimsy with a sense of truth that feels both intimate and surreal. I twist the familiar, heighten the unseen, and construct visual worlds that live somewhere between dream and memory.

My camera captures the image. My process gives it meaning.
Every layer, every light, every shadow is guided by intention, emotion, and a touch of the uncanny.

This is where storytelling takes shape in stillness. Where beauty is redefined.
Where you’re invited not just to look but to feel what I see.

AbOUT the work: The journey

Photography found me early. I still remember crafting a pinhole camera in seventh grade, a small window into something much larger, a world where light, shadow, and emotion collided. By high school, I had saved every penny for my first real camera, a Pentax PZ1. It was more than a tool. It was a declaration. Even then, I knew this would be more than a hobby. It would be a way of seeing.

Against convention, I pursued a degree in commercial photography. At the time, it felt like a risk. But the world changed. Photography evolved, expanded, digitized, and my vision evolved with it. What began with film transitioned into an entirely new realm, one where storytelling was no longer limited to what the camera could see but expanded into what the imagination could reveal.

For me, photography has always been less about capturing and more about uncovering. I am drawn to what lies beneath the surface, to the strange, the beautiful, the not quite real. My work lives between light and shadow, between reality and reverie. Each image begins with a spark, a fragment of a story. From there, worlds are built through custom wardrobe, curated props, sculpted lighting, and digital artistry that bends the known into something new.

I draw inspiration from everything. A bird in flight. A whispered myth. The emotional undercurrent of the everyday. There is often a quiet melancholy in my work, a kind of tender distortion. Not everything is meant to be comfortable. But everything is meant to feel.

Collaboration is essential. The subject is never just a model or a muse. They are a co-creator. Together, we build a narrative, frame by frame, gesture by gesture. Each portrait becomes a mirror, a portal, a poem in disguise.

My work is not made to please everyone. It is made to transport. For those willing to step inside, to drift between worlds, to feel what lies just beyond the frame, this is the invitation.