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how a picture makes you feel and the story it’s trying to
tell you.
What sparked your interest in this style of
photography, over other genres?
For me, shooting people has always been about
capturing an honest moment. Sometimes that moment
is a look in someone’s eye, and sometimes it’s their dirt-
stained feet. What it is, is secondary, because the way I
see it, the world is filled with interesting stories, and I’d
like to be the one to tell them.
A majority of your images take-on a dark and
moody look, any reason behind this?
People ask me this question a lot, and honestly, Inever know how to respond. I guess I’ve just always had
an affinity towards all things strange. Most of the music
I listen to, and most of the art I appreciate, has always
had undertones of darkness. Maybe I’m a secretly a
miserable person, or maybe I see dead people. Who
knows.
What equipment did you learn on?
I spent the better part of my teens collecting money
to buy my first DSLR which was the Canon 500D. I had
been working odd jobs and saving up for it for almost four
years, but I was still pretty broke so I could only buy the
regular kit lens. A couple of months later I bought a 50mm
1.8 which soon became my go-to lens at that time.