THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGINS
"I can draw a parallel between a jazz musician soloing and how I photograph. You're following a feeling and reacting to the moment. Through discipline and practice, you are able to completely get out of your own way."
Before weddings. Before clients. Before business. This is the work that taught me how to see.
Long-form documentary projects, published books, exhibitions and prints, created slowly, intentionally, and without compromise.
These bodies of work are not separate from my wedding photography.
They are the reason it looks the way it does.
I am drawn to people. To emotion. To the spaces where life is unguarded.
Whether I’m documenting someone on the street, spending years inside a community, or sitting with a stranger and listening to their story, my approach is the same: observe, connect, and photograph without agenda.
No scripts. No performance. No interference.
Just presence.
I’ve spent years working on projects that don’t come with timelines, shot lists or guarantees. Work that requires patience. Trust. Emotional intelligence. And the ability to stay when things are uncomfortable.
Books. Exhibitions. Long-term stories. Real lives.
This isn’t branding. This is practice.
When I talk about “art-first” in my wedding work, this is what I mean.
