I grew up in a motel.
My mother ran a small inn on the water, and my father worked developing and implementing solar vaccine refrigerators out of a side office in the lobby. We lived in one of the rooms. Close enough to fish from the window if we wanted to.
Travel was a way of life shaped by my father’s work. From the Peruvian Amazon to remote parts of Vietnam, I spent my childhood staying in places most people only pass through briefly. Those early experiences shaped how I see: always observing, always looking for the feeling beneath the surface, always collecting stories.
Today I work with light, like my father and I work in hospitality, like my mother. A sum of their parts and something completely unexpected.
I photograph food, spaces, and people with an emphasis on atmosphere. Images that don’t just show what something looks like, but what it feels like to be there. Alongside commercial work, I pursue long-term documentary projects like Echoes, recording the voices of indigenous communities facing climate change, and Heirlooms, exploring memory and inheritance in cooking and recipes. My approach is rooted in storytelling, guided by intuition, and refined through a deep understanding of light and people.