As an avid people watcher, I often witness moments that even the observed do not notice . It is this obsessive attention to details that makes my photography compelling. You must have a keen eye to fully appreciate the photographic stories I tell. But my images are captivating and my pictures make a difference to the world.
As a child I was fascinated by I SPY books. I loved the fact that no matter how much you looked there was always something new to find. Now I find that the images I am most impressed by keep my eyes searching every corner. These are the images that I strive to produce, entire stories all rolled into one photograph. Picture riddles were brought into my life at an early age and my attraction to photography began to grow from there.
I first printed in the darkroom at the age of nine while at summer camp. Because of that experience I persuade this medium and this summer will be my third year as Kingsley Pines Summer Camps’ photography teacher. I teach little kids how to use the darkroom in the woods with no hot water. I believe there’s no better way to learn then by teaching, and each summer that I’m there makes me a better photographer.
Right now I consider myself a budding photojournalist. My largest and best work to date was a series of images from a soup kitchen in Brooklyn called Neighbors Together. I tried to show the spirit and life of this organization by taking portraits of the many characters that frequent their tables. It was a photographic account but I felt like I needed to sit down and listen to each one of their stories in order to create an objective piece. Interviewing these individuals brought my work to another level. For now I’m finding stories that interest me and am trying to get them seen and heard. A lot of people say ‘what you don’t know wont hurt you’ but I disagree. The world needs to know everything and I hope to be one of the people who can spread the truth. I haven’t decided what I’m going to be when I grow up yet, but I will be photographing the entire journey.
As a child I was fascinated by I SPY books. I loved the fact that no matter how much you looked there was always something new to find. Now I find that the images I am most impressed by keep my eyes searching every corner. These are the images that I strive to produce, entire stories all rolled into one photograph. Picture riddles were brought into my life at an early age and my attraction to photography began to grow from there.
I first printed in the darkroom at the age of nine while at summer camp. Because of that experience I persuade this medium and this summer will be my third year as Kingsley Pines Summer Camps’ photography teacher. I teach little kids how to use the darkroom in the woods with no hot water. I believe there’s no better way to learn then by teaching, and each summer that I’m there makes me a better photographer.
Right now I consider myself a budding photojournalist. My largest and best work to date was a series of images from a soup kitchen in Brooklyn called Neighbors Together. I tried to show the spirit and life of this organization by taking portraits of the many characters that frequent their tables. It was a photographic account but I felt like I needed to sit down and listen to each one of their stories in order to create an objective piece. Interviewing these individuals brought my work to another level. For now I’m finding stories that interest me and am trying to get them seen and heard. A lot of people say ‘what you don’t know wont hurt you’ but I disagree. The world needs to know everything and I hope to be one of the people who can spread the truth. I haven’t decided what I’m going to be when I grow up yet, but I will be photographing the entire journey.
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