Finding my style after 20 years
I’m always chasing portfolio work — the kind of images that feel fully realized, like they carry something essential. But more often than not, that kind of work is elusive. I think part of the reason is that I’m not always sure what I’m looking for. I know the feeling I want to capture, but I don’t always know where to find it — or what tools will help translate it. Camera choice, film stock, lighting — all of it matters, and all of it shifts depending on what I’m after.
For nearly twenty years, I saw portraiture as the pinnacle of photography. But over time, I began to move away from it, gradually leaning into a more observational, street-oriented approach. At some point, though, the work started to feel distant. It lacked something personal. Some of it felt interchangeable — like it could have come from anyone. And that realization pushed me to reconsider how I work and what I’m trying to say.
I started looking for ways to embed myself more directly into the images — not literally, but in terms of voice, authorship, presence. I wanted the photographs to feel unmistakably mine. Slowly, I arrived at something. A visual language, a tone, an approach that feels more aligned with who I am — not just as a photographer, but as an artist.
Photography is a strange medium. It’s rooted in surface and detail, but it’s always trying to get at something deeper. Sometimes it takes a long time to find your way there. :)
