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Practice and Process:
My current artistic practice consists mainly of digital photography. Along with travel and event documentation, I shoot close-up compositions. My subject matter for the close-ups varies from organics such as mushrooms and weeds, to non-organics such as litter and graffiti. Typically, these are things that are ignored or seen as distractions in landscapes. I feel there is beauty to be found in everything and that beauty is its own purpose. Using digital photography and various darkroom techniques as a type of metaphysical meditation, then, my process helps me
transcend visual prejudice in order to find a deeper connection with life.