I do not remember the first photo I took, but I do remember the first photo I printed, I still have it. It is an image of late afternoon light on the railing and altar of my fathers church (he is an Episcopal minister). It is a very high contrast image.  My first camera was a 35mm Mamiya/Sekor that my father gave me to take a Photo class in high school.

The music that inspires me is pretty broad, but I would have to say that when my photos are working I can hear Medeski Martin and Wood, Rage Against the Machine, Soul Coughing, Fugazi, REM, and the Replacements in my head.  It is as though when my photos are accomplishing my vision, I can hear their theme music in my head.

I currently live in Wilmington North Carolina.  I have studied and lived in Washington DC, Iowa City, Iowa, San Francisco California just to name a few. Every person I know has a box of personal items that they keep hidden. But it is not exactly hidden; they subconsciously want someone to find it.They want someone to care enough about them, and their life to want to know the stories behind the things that matter enough to them to keep hidden in a box. My artwork shows the world my box, not so that they will care about me, or my life, but so that they might better understand their own life, through mine.