BEHIND the lens

I've been chasing frames my whole life. From the darkroom days of high school, where I served as yearbook photo editor and first understood that a good image requires patience, not just a camera, through the point-and-shoot era and the freeing and frustrating onslaught of mobile photography, the tools have changed dramatically. The instinct hasn't.

I'm drawn to people caught inside their world. The worker lost in a task. The figure dwarfed by architecture. The moment of stillness inside the noise. Call it "The Absorbed." It's the thread that runs through every image I capture, whether I'm on a street in Tokyo, a staircase in Paris, or a ridgeline in the Atacama.

Inspired by the greats, like Cartier-Bresson and Koudelka, I live for catching the authentic and finding beauty in the mundane. Sometimes it's chance. Sometimes patience. Sometimes it's quiet, funny, or even both. Whatever it is, it's right where I want to be.