Photography

Manifest

My goal for this project is to bring back the tradition of studio portraiture by using the meticulous wet-plate collodion process as a building block for my artistic vision. I want to treat a photographic portrait as an epochal event in one's life while still maintaining the subject's true personality. In the past, people would bring in items of wealth and value to display social class or societal importance. Instead, I want my subjects to curate whats truly important and meaningful to them by bringing any sort material items that they have personally bonded to or have great personal importance. Whether its a loved one or relative, heirloom, pet, or anything else that has specific importance to them, I want that captured on a one-of-kind piece of photographic history that in turn, becomes its own sort of relic to be admired and cherished for many years to come.

Instant

An ongoing collection of some of my instant photographic work.

With simplicity in mind and nostalgia on the nose, many contemporary photographers—including myself—have been infatuated with the unique characteristics ingrained in instant photography. But it’s in that same simplicity, where we can push the boundaries of our own creativity at the push of a button.