I became obsessed with visual storytelling while working in medicine in my early 20’s. I’d go into the operating rooms of the hospital where I worked on my days off to shoot photos of surgeries. Although I was studying medicine my goal wasn’t to document this or that surgery or procedure but instead capture the enviroment itself. The staff who work daily in the OR are a breed apart; they are a unique mixture of emotion and logic.  They have to remain calm in the most harrowing of circumstances as they show compassion and caring on a level few people outside of their world witness or understand.

Having the ability to capture all of the detail of a story in a faction of a second while presenting my viewpoint in an honest and compelling manner became a form of communication I needed to master.  Photography, like cinematography, is another vocation that allows my mind to open up and work fluidly through ultilizing both hemispheres of my brain.   

Below are some presentations of my photography work from the past two decades.