Landscape photography, from a professional standpoint, requires constant patience, acute awareness, and continued perseverance. One can plan meticulously, trying to minimize the unexpected with maps, accessories, and every app imaginable, but once the camera is out, adaptation becomes paramount. It is among shifting weather, changing light, and unpredictable terrain we find our flow state.

My development as a photographer & individual is deeply intwined with my exploration of the American landscape. I aim to find the subjective truth of an area, its unique characteristics, and impart that feeling onto the frame. My lens thus becomes an emotional tool, organizing light & form to arrive at an image that is felt rather than seen, a tradition grounded in the Romantics.

My work as a studio photographer instilled a penchant for precise color & tonal relationships with each edit becomes a puzzle to unlock. The final image is arrived at through minute adjustments seeking that optimum “quality” of light.

Nature is unique in that it continues on whether we direct our gaze towards it or not. Unfortunately, our position in the universe has also gifted us with the capacity to destroy it. Respect is required for these places as well as the symbiotic relationship nature maintains with all living things, as in the near future these lands may, in fact, only reside in photographs.