It was kind of a way to spend time with the family. My grandmother was a hobbyist photographer, and my grandma remembers her father when she was a kid having a dark room. Did her influence push you in that direction? It was a lot of people in my family. You mentioned your mom was a photographer as well. That must’ve made you a really interesting student for your teachers. Also, when you’re working with a client, they don’t have to envision what you might have to do to fix it in post.” And you don’t have to spend your energy in post that way. “There’s so much you can achieve in camera. When I eventually did go to college, I had already been running a business for several years and it was great because I figured out what I did and didn’t like so I went into college with an idea of changes I wanted to make and things I wanted to learn instead of starting from scratch. And so, at 15 I was photographing my fellow high school students, maternity sessions and high school portraits and weddings and family, like, you know, what you do in a small town. I started my business with my mom as my partner because she was a hobbyist photographer and interested in supporting me. But I pretty much knew around 12 or 13 that photography was where my life was going to lead me.
I had committed a hundred percent to being a professional photographer by the time I was 15. I’m one of those insanely lucky people that figured out what I wanted to do crazy, crazy early. Tell me about your journey as a photographer.
No matter what image I take, they always look strong and elegant. “It started with a color, but as my work evolved I found that the way that I portray women is with strength and elegance.
So very clean, bold, graphic, geometric and colorful. It was using clothing, makeup, and the human form to make graphic art. I took the photo, and it was kind of like this universal hug. I bought them online and I took a photo where it was this red and white pinstripe on the glasses, almost like a swirled red lips, white out skin. When I was in college, I was going through the, the artistic crisis of like, who am I as an artist? What do I want to be? What do I want to say? I’d ordered these cyber punk, futuristic, weird-looking glasses. Really it stems from the first photo I ever took that looked like my style. I think the color red began as an accident. Why do you think that is? That’s a fun question to start with. They hire me to do a red photograph because they know it’s quintessential to my style.”Īs I’ve been looking through your work, I’ve noticed that the color red seems to be important. ”I photograph professional models and portrait clients in this style.
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