My mother was originally from Boston, and my father is from rural Alabama. Much of my childhood was spent on road trips to and from both of these locations observing big cities, small towns, and everything in between. As an adult I have lived in New Orleans, Seattle, Dallas, Boston, and Los Angeles. The contrasts and similarities of these places inspire the work I make today. After graduating with a degree in Computer and Electrical Engineering, I went on to work in corporate tech sales for 4 years. The perspective and life experience gained from the loss of my mother last year persuaded me to leave my career in pursuit of an MFA in Photography and Media at CalArts.

My artistic practice consists of using analog photographic mediums as a method of documenting the world around me. I am also very familiar with modern technologies in photography and often use digital practices in conjunction. My guiding principle of making work is for it to be legible regardless of one’s knowledge of art history and photographic mediums. The visual themes I often deploy are memory, identity, distraction, isolation, and irony. I am especially interested in how these themes play into the entropy of land development, societal structures, and day to day life. My photos often include a focus on cultural elements that represent people, however I do not often employ them as visual subjects. Social change will always be inevitable, regardless of whether its impact is positive or negative. At the end of the day, it is up to us to decide on that morality for a better future. My art comes from a desire to understand this morality further and hope that things will improve the more we learn from our shared experiences.