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Thoughts from practice.
Small observations. Open questions. Room to see.

Learning by Making

There is a kind of learning that cannot be thought through in advance.It has to be felt. Touched….

Becoming a beginner again has been one of the most liberating decisions of my career. What a…

There comes a point where staying matters as much as starting. When I first began my career as a…

Every so often, the question resurfaces: Is photography dead?Usually prompted by the rise of…

In a culture of speed, I am increasingly drawn to slowness.Not in a trending, hashtag kind of way…

The camera is a tool, not the work.I believe this wholeheartedly. And yet — without technical…

Sometimes working against the grain isn’t rebellion — it’s listening. When the digital revolution…

Some lessons stay with you long after the tools change. When I first grappled with film as a…

Before photography became fast, it was slow — and I learned that pace in the darkroom. The…

While much of the industry prized stillness and perfection, I was far more interested in what…

I didn’t always understand why I was drawn to certain details when photographing people. I only…

For a long time, I didn’t trust what came easily to me.Ease wasn’t a familiar feeling — and…

I chose portraiture because people matter. Bearing witness to who someone really is — beneath the…