When I was a child, I had an insatiable curiosity. That curious-minded kid is still very much a part of me, a photographer always on the lookout.
But the camera’s just a tool I happened to choose. I see myself as an architect obsessed with a frame’s composition and structure; a painter enchanted with the intricacies of color; a designer fascinated with textures, lines, and proportion—all in the name of influencing mood and perspective.
I am a minimalist, a purist—I aim to untangle what’s complicated, remove the excess. What inspires me are ordinary, just-found moments. I will always be intrigued by the simplicity of the everyday.
In art school, I was chided for the soft focus of my shots. Today, that technically incorrect aspect has become a signature of my photographs and lends itself to the emotions evoked in much of my work: tranquility, calmness, peacefulness. As someone once described my work, “It feels like you’ve just woken up from a dream.”
I love playing with my photographs—cropping images, experimenting with filters, exposure, contrast, etc. I’m endlessly intrigued in how those subtle nuances can impact a viewer’s response. Forcing a viewer to lean in means I’ve triggered their curiosity: that they see something unexpected, something worth coming closer to see.
