Personal Work
+ Storys about picture taking
2022
Digital - 24mm / 55mm - LA & Philiy
I was 19 or 20 when I caught the bug. The world had become alive and had managed, with the help of a tool, to share work that I believed to be art. My method was simple and had a couple rules:
1 - confront the universe with unfiltered love.
2 - never repeat the same image another photographer took and assume it is trash.
It was a hellao'fvha time and lord knows there's no quicker way to get humbled then putting foot against pavement. All the best moments I've either been too mesmerized or cowardly to photograph. These are the happy accidents.
COVER IMAGE - BABY JESUS
INSPERATION - SALGADO
LOCATION - SANTA MONICA PEAR
2023
Digital - 24mm - LA
My brain broke in 2023. In the morning I'd take the metro to a new corner of town and try to make sense of how folks were living. Nights were spent hanging around movie theaters and crying. Each month there were less good photos
During this time i got some bright ideas:
1 - Get in the photographing poverty biz.
2 - Write a Ginsburg-like poem on the condition, call it Shaboos.
3 - apply to film school.
4 - email every studio / gallery / post-production facility / wedding shooter / photography org and agency in LA County.
COVER IMAGE - PURIM PARTY
INSPERATION - Not Sure
LOCATION - SISTER'S HOUSE
2024
Digital & FILM - 24mm / 28mm / 50mm - US, CZ
I didn't take many photos in the first half of 24, only at party gig's but was writing again which was pleasant.
The bug came back when a buddy asked if I could shoot a couple rolls at his wedding. There's lots to say about the perks of film but I'd say the most underrated is that you don't have to put some strange pixilated screen up against your eyeball when it's time to compose, just glass and mirror.
While at film school I ended up making pals with the photography department folk and learnt how to use the darkroom. A roll of 35mm b&w with high res scans now costs about $6 and change!
COVER IMAGE - POST PILSNER BLUES
INSPERATION - GREG GIRARD!
LOCATION - VINOHRADY, CZ
2025
FILM - 35mm - PRAGUE, SARDINA, USA
25 has been the most pleasant year of picture taking. As with anything I belive stopped trying too hard and began trusting the groove. Switching to a 35mm lens as a daily driver helped. The 35mm represents space in a very honest way and i have become a lot more present and sharp because of it. I guess at the end of the day, a photo is just a treat for a collection of good decisions.
COVER IMAGE - KYLE'S CABIN
INSPERATION - GREG GIRARD
LOCATION - HUNGREYTOWN, VA