My passion for photography began when I received a 110-format film camera for my fifth birthday. My earliest snapshots feature family members, our house in Sydney, Australia, and the many kookaburras and other colorful birds that visited our backyard. Dozens of film cartridges were also filled at a nearby animal preserve, home to kangaroos, wallabies, emus, platypi, dingoes, and the occasional lion. A year later, my family moved to Japan, where I discovered a dense and vibrant urban environment. Many of the photographs I took feature festivals with people in traditional dress, ancient temples and modern buildings, and snapshots of my grade school buddies. Then, five years later, while in my early teens, I moved to New Jersey. There I mainly photographed family life in a suburban commuter town located about an hour by train from Manhattan.
Looking now at my earliest photographs amuses and fascinates me. As my technical skills have vastly improved and my ability to capture nuance and detail has sharpened, my choice of subject matter and the aesthetics of my photography have remained consistent ever since I first picked up my first camera.
Today, working mostly in 35mm digital and color slide film, my photography covers several genres, including documentary, portraiture, travel, and fine art. I have been extremely fortunate to have photographed on every continent except Antarctica.
In 2019, I began completing "Noctis," a years-long night photography project. Working with slide film and some digital capture, this project centers on a consistent narrative, primarily through landscape photographs.
In addition to social media posting of snapshots taken with my camera phone, I occasionally exhibit my work locally and nationally. Past exhibits include at the Cambridge Art Association's New England show and the International Juried Show at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey.