As a artist I strive to push my creativity, while refining my sense of color and design to go beyond the subject matter I am photographing. I am a trained painter, which has a major influence on my work as a photographer.
It is through the lens of my camera that I take a reality and make it my own. This is simply what I do as a artist and why I especially favor using photography as a artistic medium. I am not a photographer in the traditional sense as someone that captures reality exactly as it is, but I shift reality in small to large degrees to tell a story or to portrait concepts I want to achieve as an artist.
This concept may sound simple but I see this concept as the base for how I see myself working in this medium. Most importantly I think this is purest way for me to show the world how I see things. Not by trying to capture reality itself which I think is an impossible thing but portraying reality as I view it with my camera and how in my mind I actually perceive that moment of reality.
My work is diverse and cohesive in that the work is tied together by this basic concept.
EXHIBITS May 14th, 2013 – The Daily Picture – Duncan Miller Gallery
March 2013 – The BIG PICTURE – Denver, CO Sponsored by Art-Plant
September 2012 – Blue@Vogue – Milan, Italy I had my work exhibited during FASHION WEEK 2013 by Vertu/Vogue Italia. I was fortunate to sell my print to Calgary Avansino from British Vogue.
September 2011 – Talents Made in Italy – Milan/NYC/Tokyo I was among twenty photographers chosen by Vogue Italia, to participate in their Talents Made In Italy FNO Exhibition. For the exhibition I was asked create a photo for TODS shoes which was edited by Italian Vogue then displayed in TODS’ flagship stores in Milan, New York City and Tokyo during Vogues Fashion Night out.
September 2011 – Time Exhibition – Milan, Italy I was chosen to participate in a Time Exhibition at the Palazzo Morando in Milan also sponsored by Vogue Italia.
Some of my photos are available for Editorial use through ART + COMMERCE – Italian Vogue. Prints are available by contacting me directly.