My Mission as an Artist

I’m fascinated by people. Not the polished versions we present to the world, but the complicated, tender, contradictory people underneath.

My photography explores the moments when performance falls away and someone is simply themselves. I’m interested in presence over perfection, connection over posing, and the small, unguarded gestures that reveal who we are.

I want to preserve memories in an authentic way, and I believe that starts with showing up as an authentic artist myself. I don’t want to create photographs based on who I think you’re supposed to be. I want to create from a place of genuine curiosity, connection, and care.

Being queer has taught me that identity is not fixed. We are complicated, unfinished, and constantly becoming. We grow into new versions of ourselves without having to apologize for who we were before. I believe photography can hold space for that evolution.

I want the people I photograph to feel truly seen. Not directed into a version of themselves that feels unfamiliar, but recognized for who they already are.

I’m curious enough to connect, and quiet enough to notice.

I want to know what makes you laugh, what you care about, and what makes you feel most like yourself. But I also know that some of the most meaningful moments happen when I step back and simply pay attention—the glance, the gesture, the quiet laugh, the moments you don’t realize anyone noticed.

I don’t want to manufacture those moments. I want to be present enough to recognize them.

Ultimately, I want to make photographs that feel unmistakably, honestly human.

Not simply, “Damn, I look good.”

But, years from now:

“There I am.”