I put my subjects into scenarios.
I try to judge what you'll best respond to. Sometimes it's talking to the cute cashier at the corner bodega; sometimes it's chasing down...
As I practice lighting, I’ve been thinking about what makes one of my portraits one of my portraits. At the surface, skill, familiarity, and necessary tools are important. I...
I love to play.
If you've heard me talk about my process at all, I've probably said foremost that I play. I believe, assertively and profoundly, in play. When we...
Sometimes you meet someone who makes meeting someone seem so easy. That was the way with Dave Floyd, a New York Life insurance agent I ran into at a...
Earlier this year I shot portraits with a new dancer friend, Remy Fernández-O'Brien. He invited me to join a six-week-soccer league, where I met his brother, Durán.
Durán's first name,...
Artistry evolves in waves.
You become interested in new things as you become capable of making them.
For a few years in college, my highest aspiration was to transcribe the structure...
Remy Fernandez-O'Brien is a dancer, DJ, and educator.
He's a proud Boriqua, hailing from Holyoke, MA—the highest-concentrated area of Puerto Ricans on the mainland. Though, like me, he's moonlighting as...
Even before the start, my mother guided me toward photography.
While on a vacation for her birthday in 2014, she asked if I wanted a camera, then split the cost of one...
Hi, Internet.
I've been in hibernation the last six months, shooting a lot of buildings, but not as many portraits. That's a lot to do with the story below.
Last summer,...
Over the last year I've produced a small-but-growing body of architectural work based on perspective. Looking up and askew from the street at tall, interesting buildings, makes for fascinating distortions....