I started my serious pursuit of photography a little later in life. After a serious accident in 2018, I decided to finally stop making excuses and pick up a camera again. (I had discovered photography at a young age after I was gifted my first analog camera in the early 1980s...a Konika pop.) I don't have any formal photography training, and am 100% self-taught. I gravitate towards storytelling and revealing the beautifully imperfect, sometimes dark, side(s) of humans and life. I believe that everyone, regardless of age, size, etc is worthy of being photographed. I believe wrinkles and imperfections are authentic. Overly photoshopping faces and bodies, and adding filters to mask reality is just that - hiding what is real. Realness makes us connect with people, and in the same manner, I like having the opportunity to photograph my models in their authentic surroundings. Visualized on a large scale, I want the viewer to spend time looking at the details of the environment, spending time deciphering the unconventional expressions not typically used in photographing women, and studying the raw details of skin and texture, clutter, dirt, and unique odds and ends in the background.
