
Fine Art Photographer
I am a fine art photographer based in Maine, working with themes of stillness, structure, and the subtle presence of place.
My work focuses on environments shaped by human intention — streets at rest, working coastlines, architectural spaces, and transitional landscapes — photographed during moments when activity has receded and quiet remains. I am drawn to places that are often passed through rather than paused within, and to scenes where absence carries as much weight as what is visible.
Much of my practice centers on the idea of thresholds: spaces between use and rest, movement and stillness, arrival and departure. These moments are frequently overlooked, yet they hold a quiet tension — a sense of something just completed or not yet begun.
I approach photography slowly and deliberately, working primarily with natural light, restrained composition, and minimal visual elements. Rather than seeking spectacle, I aim to create images that invite patience and close attention. The photographs are meant to be experienced over time, allowing subtle details and atmosphere to emerge gradually.
This work is less concerned with documentation than with presence. It is an invitation to pause — to look longer, to notice structure, light, and silence — and to consider how meaning can reside in the spaces we usually move past without seeing.
I live and work in central Maine, where familiarity with place plays a vital role in my process. By returning to the same environments across seasons and changing conditions, I seek to reveal how light, time, and restraint quietly reshape what appears unchanged.
Photographs made slowly, and meant to be met the same way.
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