ARTIST STATEMENT​​

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As a photographer I am interested in lived-in settings, and utilizing foreground elements, shadows, lines, and a subject's gaze to make evocative, even haunting art. Much of my work is an exploration and expression of the human condition, emotions, the spiritual realm, and my connection to the natural world.

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Favoring portrait and street photography, my work is a combination of directed image creation, and photographing candid moments. This blend of controlled art making with capturing the unplanned allows me to remain a careful observer in close connection with the world, and my instincts. I almost exclusively shoot using natural light. An avid traveler and nature lover, I often shoot outdoors, and capture people, animals, and places from my travels.

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I enjoy working in a variety of mediums, and am currently focused on 35mm photography, combining archival pigment prints with other materials to create mixed media pieces, and abstract painting under the moniker Dagu, referring to the name I called myself as a young child.

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