ABOUT

I spend my days working for a humanitarian relief organization, covering projects in the US and multiple countries. It’s my pleasure to use a camera to tell their story. Hungarian photographer Peter Kornis wrote "Trust is not placed in the photographer but in the man. If he does not regard the people in his pictures as mere subjects or themes, if he does not intrude and is not tactless or aggressive, if the lives of others honestly interest him, they will feel this and accept him. And after a time the presence of the camera will be as natural to them as the spade, hoe and other tools in their own hands." Those words have guided me throughout my career as a photographer while seeking to honor those who allow me to document their lives. Each individual on the other side of my lens is giving me a gift as I share their story. I'm often searching for hope as a starting point, even in the midst of a disaster or poverty. Mr Kornis goes on to say "I wanted people to accept me. Just being there was not enough for them to regard my presence, and my snapping the shutter, as something natural. They had to feel that I was interested in their fate - after all, that is why I was taking their pictures - and they also had to feel how carefully I was going about it. I had to make sure that the threads of sympathy would create an invisible bind between us." Thank you for walking that journey with me.