I find that looking at life from different perspectives helps me appreciate moments that I might otherwise overlook. One of the beautiful things about visual media is that it often asks me to see life through a different lens — both metaphorically and literally — thereby pulling me deeper into the beautiful mysteries of my journey here on Earth.
My journey with a camera began early, motivated largely by an obsession with capturing the depth and nuance of an instantaneous moment in time through photography. I spent my free time in high school holed up in the darkroom, watching such moments develop in chemical baths. Through photography, and now film, I've gained a deeper appreciation for this planet and the infinite source of awe it provides.
There are few things as humbling as contemplating the magnitude of geological time, and the processes that have shaped our planet for the last 4.54 billion years.
My second great love is studying the natural world through the lens of geology. There are few things as wondrous as seeing how the deep history of this planet continues to shape our overwhelmingly tiny, yet remarkable lives in the present.
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