Artist Statement

Miraculous things occur at every moment in nature. When I take a photograph, I let the images to come to me, rather than the reverse. I need to be in a state of mindfulness, and practice seeing instead of looking. For me, mindfulness breeds intimacy with the landscape and I work based instinct and trust, rather than rationality. I try to capture the elusive- what I feel is there rather than what I think is there. My intention is that my photographs will open up for others the possibility of seeing an unnoticed moment in our infinitely beautiful, ever changing world.

The Ephemeral Forest

Conversations about green

Buddha’s eye

Architecture

Barcelona

Urbanality

Legacy in Stone

Kabul

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