Born and raised in Baltimore, Md., spending every summer on the Eastern Shore of Maryland I wanted to capture the sights found from the Chesapeake Bay to the Atlantic Ocean. My love of photography began far before I ever touched a camera. In the summer, growing up on the Atlantic Seashore of Maryland the beautiful images never ended. As time passed I wanted a way to capture those images so I could always go back to that time. It all began there…

             I started my photography in the 6^th grade, I was the photo editor for both the yearbook and newspaper while attending high school. I did all my work in a darkroom and completed all the photography courses offered at my High School, Gilman School in Baltimore, MD. When my Junior and Senior years came I had to develop Independent Studies in photography. Spending months doing photo essays I learned how to make photographs speak stories, not just show a single image. My effort in every photograph is to have a story behind it, involve your mind as much as your eyes.

             Photographs cannot have smells, tastes, texture, or sounds, but I try to involve all the senses in each photograph by capturing enough to have the viewer associate the image with the actual subject. Your mind can generate the feeling of bark off a tree by seeing a vivid image of one. As well, one’s mind knows the sound of waves rolling softly up the sand or crashing upon rocks. By working hard to capture the image in perfection, that image can create the feeling of being there by your imagination or a quick day-dream.

             Through my life I have had many obstacles to overcome. When I left for college I left photography behind and began to study Architecture. After 3 years I was diagnosed with a brain tumor, after trying several times my memory was too impacted by my surgeries and other treatments. That brought me back to my photography, after the past years the realization of how many things we overlook was clearer than ever. 

My photography took on a new dimension. Being faced with life altering, or ending, circumstances, I want to show life in every photograph. How people live, or how everything in nature has to fight for their place on earth. 

 Try to look at every photograph not just as a picture, but as a story. A story that is still going, a fight for life. I want people to take a better look at what is so often overlooked in our fast-paced world.