Artrist Statement:

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My love for film and cinematography began early. As a child, I would quietly slip out of bed late at night, careful not to wake my parents, and make my way to the living room. To avoid detection, I’d turn the sound all the way down and watch films in complete silence. Without dialogue or music, I became entranced by the pure language of the moving image—composition, light, and movement telling the story on their own. It was in those quiet hours that I fell in love with cinema.

 

Before fully stepping into filmmaking, I spent years as a full-time still photographer, specializing in photojournalism with The Associated Press, The Kansas City Star, and Getty Assignment. My work as a photographer trained me to observe—to capture fleeting, unnoticed moments and document the essence of a story in a single frame. That same instinct for storytelling, for recognizing the subtle poetry in everyday life, is what led me to directing and cinematography.

 

I am drawn to intimate, personal stories—ones that explore relationships, joy, and the quiet beauty of life, but also those that delve into grief and the darker complexities of human nature. For me, a film should move you, stay with you, and invite you to revisit it time and again. It should open a door for introspection, allowing the audience to find their own meaning within the story.

 

As the late photojournalist Eddie Adams once said, “If it makes you laugh, if it makes you cry, if it rips out your heart, that’s a good picture.” Whether through a single frame or a motion picture, my goal is to create images that resonate, that evoke emotion, and that reveal something deeper about the world—and ourselves.