about me 
I grew up on a sheep farm in Massachusetts and spent my summers camping across new Hampshire and Maine. Throughout my childhood, nature was the cornerstone of my existence. Between days spent on the farm, hiking the Appalachian trail, and canoeing the Allagash I was always outdoors and developed an intimate relationship with nature. Its harshness, its beauty, and especially its solitude appealed to me in a way that nothing else ever could.I started taking photos during my trips to the New England wilderness when I was 14 years old. They started as panoramas and sunrises over lakes but I quickly became compelled to try to tell a story with them. I attempted to frame the photograph to what I was thinking at that moment and to make it reflect what I actually saw, not just what was in front of the lens. Granted this was usually done with a disposable camera, but it was the start of what has become my photographic style.It was when I took my first class in high school I really fell in love with photography. Having the ability to control the process from the moment I took a photo through developing and printing it appealed to the desire to try and express my vision. By then, the analytical side of me had blossomed and learning the science of traditional print photography fascinated me as well. It was finally through photomontage that I discovered a path to actually produce the images that I saw and evoke the emotions that I felt when I was immersed in nature.Viewers have told me that they see my work as melding the artistic and the scientific sides of me. The artistic side is what can see the final piece while the scientific side is what allows me to take the steps to realize it. However, I think my method goes much deeper, and is far more complex, than what the description surmises. The scientific and artistic sides of me can individually visualize the final image through every step of the process, although each sees it in different light. In that sense, a large part of my work is trying to reconcile these two sides of my personality and let the pieces that each one sees shine through.
about me I grew up on a sheep farm in Massachusetts and spent my summers camping across new Hampshire and Maine. Throughout my childhood, nature was the cornerstone of my existence. Between days spent on the farm, hiking the Appalachian trail, and canoeing the Allagash I was always outdoors and developed an intimate relationship with nature. Its harshness, its beauty, and especially its solitude appealed to me in a way that nothing else ever could.I started taking photos during my trips in the New England wilderness. They started as panoramas and sunrises over lakes but I quickly became compelled to try to tell a story with them. I attempted to frame the photograph to what I was thinking at that moment and to make it reflect what I actually saw, not just what was in front of the lens. Granted this was usually done with a disposable camera, but it was the start of what has become my photographic style and vision.It was when I took my first class in high school I really fell in love with photography. Having the ability to control the process from the moment I took a photo through developing and printing it appealed to my desire to try and express my vision. By then, the analytical side of me had blossomed and learning the science of traditional print photography fascinated me as well. I began to experiment with different developing and printing processes and exploring various techniques such as solarization, negative printing, and photomontage. It was finally through photomontage that I found a path to actually produce the images that I saw and evoke the emotions that I felt when I was immersed in nature.Viewers have told me that they think of my work as melding the artistic and the scientific sides of me. The artistic side is what can see the final piece while the scientific side is what allows me to take the steps to achieve it. However, I think it goes much deeper than that as the process is not as separate as the description surmises. The scientific and artistic sides of me can see the final image through every step of the process, although they see it in different lights. In that sense, a large part of my work is trying to reconcile these two sides of my personality and let the pieces that each one sees shine through.
