Instructions for Living a Life
            1. Pay attention
            2. Be astonished
            3. Tell about it
            Mary Oliver, “Sometimes”

Miss Ernestine, my childhood ballet teacher for 13 years, taught me to pay attention to details, like the way a dancer holds her hand with the little finger just slightly higher than the rest; she taught me how a body can move with lightness and grace through space. Now I see how that revelation is tied to my photographs – to the light, the grace, the space, the astonishment of it all.

I see the world through the lens of my camera, and I see myself reflected at the same time. I use my camera to explore, capture, and share what I find meaningful and beautiful in this world. I’m drawn to the light – both formally and metaphorically. It often is the focal point; it sets the mood.

“Photography” translates from the Greek as ‘Drawing with Light.’ I love that. I am always inspired by the light in the work of Baroque painters: Vermeer in the north of Europe, Caravaggio in Italy. I’m equally drawn to the dark: its weight and mystery.

I can’t imagine a better way for me to reveal emotions, experiences, moments of awe or enlightenment or fear or grace. My camera is my voice.