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Photography

2016–2024 · archived

Photographer · Film and digital

Photography began as an art practice and now matters most as a way to remember the people I love and the moments we share.

From 2016 to 2024, I pursued photography as an art form. I worked in both film and digital and, honestly, hoped to become a great photographer. This page preserves the work I published on my photography account; the posts shown here span 2023–2024.

Why I stopped

The project ended when making art and becoming a great photographer no longer felt like honest reasons to take pictures. A landscape can still move me, but I came to believe that much of what makes a human life meaningful comes from our relationships with other people—not our relationships with objects or trees. Photography matters to me differently now: less as a way to turn the world into art, and more as a way to remember the people I love and the moments we share. That shift is part of why I am now building Most Days: to capture the memories I most want to keep and gather them into small books.

2024

A gray tabby cat looking toward the camera.
Daisy September 2024
Rocky coastline and sea at Cape Flattery.
Cape Flattery June 2024
A pronghorn standing alone in a broad green field.
Somewhere in the Midwest May 2024
Tree roots meeting still water, photographed on large-format film.
Tree and water 4×5 large format · 1/3 · May 2024
A reflected study of tree roots and water on large-format film.
Tree and water 4×5 large format · 2/3 · May 2024
Tree roots spreading across the bank beside still water.
Tree and water 4×5 large format · 3/3 · May 2024

2023

Rock cairns gathered against a distant mountain landscape.
Shitou Leica · Portra 160 · 1/2 · July 2023
A vertical view of rock cairns on a high, barren landscape.
Shitou Leica · Portra 160 · 2/2 · July 2023
A tree canopy viewed from below in dappled light.
Tree Leica · Portra 400 · July 2023
Orange and silver fish moving through an aquarium.
Aquarium Leica · Portra 400 · 1/2 · July 2023
Rows of softly lit specimen drawers at an aquarium.
Aquarium Leica · Portra 400 · 2/2 · July 2023
A red-barked tree beside a quiet modern courtyard.
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Ithaca · Portra 400 · 2023
A moss-covered tree beside a shallow forest stream.
Don Carter State Park Portra 400 · 2023
A city skyline partially obscured by mist at Niagara Falls.
Niagara Falls Portra 400 · 2023
A self-portrait reflected in the windows of a red-trimmed diner.
Self-portrait Ithaca · Portra 400 · 2023
Exposed roots winding across a damp forest floor.
Taughannock Falls State Park Ithaca · Portra 400 · 2023
An overgrown concrete structure at the edge of the woods.
Lullwater Preserve Atlanta · Portra 400 · 2023