My work explores the fragile, numinous spaces where memory, intimacy, and spirituality intersect. It is inspired by the evocative realism of Caravaggio; the poetic vulnerability of Sally Mann, John Dugdale, and Mary Oliver; the contemplative nudes of Mona Kuhn; and the mythic sensibilities of Keith Carter and Wilhelm von Gloeden, among others.
Boyhood appears frequently in my work as a symbolic and psychological space. This telling of boyhood is a kind of memoir, but it is one that is particular as well as archetypal. It is a site of exploration, of playing along that dreamlike, almost mythological threshold between innocence and awareness. Light and shadow reflect the corporeal and the ethereal, the tangible and intangible moments of becoming a person.
Intimacy, too, plays a central role in my work: the warmth of a hand, the contemplative gaze, the ephemeral textures of memory. It is an intimacy innate to formative experience and to the ineffable mysteries that shape identity, psyche, and spirituality.
Whether photographed or written, each of my works may be seen as an invitation to linger in moments suspended between presence and memory, between world and spirit. My deepest desire is to bear witness to the enduring beauty, vulnerability, and grace of human life.