Artist Statement

I use very simple elements—the most basic building blocks of photography—to create compositions that are often theatrical, and dramatic. By guiding the viewer’s eye, lighting drives engagement with the image: highlights draw attention, and direct the gaze, while shadows obscure details, and invite questions.

Entire scenes play out in the interchange between these two extremes, neither of which can exist without the other. Context thus (also) becomes a question of light and dark, and interpretation must address what happens in both areas.

To me, art is not a tangible object, but a solitary experience, a state of being that takes place in a quiet, contemplative world. My images reflect that experience by drawing the viewer in, and inviting them to decelerate, to experience that stillness—and ask questions in their turn.