Growing up I always had an interest in photography. Being adopted from infancy, I lacked family history and a connection others around me had. For a time, physical things like antiques, artifacts and old unique buildings filled a certain void.
After a nervous breakdown in 2018, my means of reconnecting with my mind and the world around me came by means of black and white photography. I only found comfort with anything that was not human. I looked to see the hidden things in life, the stories we'd never know because they were hidden behind a vail of color.
Abandoned buildings, graffiti, street life, all spoke to what was broken inside me. Eventually animals, horses in particular, spoke a silent language that touched me deeply. Their ability to touch my heart kept me from taking steps down a very dark road.
Now, my work has expanded, but my eye still looks for the hidden story. The unspoken story with no words, but speaks louder than life itself. Larger than life prints allows others to feel the emotion inside each image. To find a moment of connection and validation in the chaotic world we live in.
