BACKWARDS DRIFTING

My relationship with photography began with my father, who has spent a lifetime capturing the world around him. I recall many moments of him hunched over some detail or asking strangers for their portrait. It was embarrassing then, but I found myself doing the same thing years later. I had caught the bug.

 

Today, my style and drive to shoot are influenced by those times, just as my subjects of choice are influenced by my youth in Arizona. I spent a lot of my time outdoors observing the natural world, playing on the hot suburban asphalt, and riding my skateboard over concrete paths and alleys of endless strip malls. Those moments and scenes continue to reverberate and appear in my work.

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Over the years, my gear has ranged from toy film cameras to early digital compacts, a DSLR, the iPhone, and the mirrorless systems I use today. What I gained from my self-lessons and the mostly fixed-lens path is a focus on spontaneity, creative approach, and composition.