I photograph things I'm drawn to intuitively, not for what they are on a literal level, but for what else they are, and how they transform into something more visually poetic. I have a special connection with gritty urban environments; things most people walk by without noticing call out to me with their abstract beauty. Sometimes I include people if they are symbolically charged—a player on the metaphorical stage that is street photography.

Architectural settings as well as objects in nature can invoke my formal sensibilities; shapes, textures, movement, the play of light, and how to bring it all together with compositional resonance. When I set out to photograph, I don’t have an agenda beyond one of discovery and free association. My process involves achieving a meditative state—an out of body sensation like being in a dream—where my creative mind is free from my critical mind.

My current body of work consists largely of images created on my many trips to Spain, France, Portugal, and Italy, but includes other locations as well. Many of these images include elements of graffiti/street art and socio-political content.