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I live inside images. Photography and filmmaking are how I make sense of what I see, what I feel, and what I can't always put into words.
When I read, I see scenes. When I listen, I imagine. When I watch, I freeze on the details everyone else seems to miss.
I grew up in Canada, a curious, sensitive kid who felt most understood by movies. At seven, I hatched a plan to move to California. It took seventeen years, a mail carrier route through brutal Ottawa winters, an incredible partner and an embarrassing amount of faith in myself. But I finally got here.
When I arrived in Los Angeles in 2009, I couldn't stop photographing everything. Three years later a mentor looked at my work and asked if I'd ever considered commercial photography. I said, "Wait, you can actually make a living doing that?" Turns out, you really can. Since then I've worked with brands like Apple, Capital One, Caesars Palace, Toyota, and British Airways. Editorial clients include The New York Times, ELLE Decor and Modern Luxury.
My work has earned 1st Place in PDN's "The Taste," a Silver and two Bronze Awards at the Budapest International Photo Awards, and an Official Selection at the International Photo Awards. I've shown at NADA Art Fair, the Affordable Art Fair in New York, the Architectural Digest Design Show, Image Nation in Paris, and the São Paulo Art Expo. My images live on Samsung's The Frame TV and have appeared on Apple TV's The Morning Show.
My fine art collections continue to explore color, emotion, and the complicated, beautiful mess of being human.
I make images so that other people can feel seen. Because for a long time, I didn't.