Overview
This project will give you more of an idea about my work and the tools I use. I've included a couple of pictures taken by friends and photographers who I have worked with in Baltimore and a few pictures of some of the cameras I use. I also have links to some features/interviews I have done, in which I further describe my photography and my motivations. Hopefully this will give viewers a better idea about my development as a photographer.
Photography as an art form has really benefited from the creation of the Internet, which has facilitated collaborations that would not have been otherwise possible. These benefits have definitely extended to me. I have been able to meet other photographers in Baltimore and elsewhere, online and in person, and the sharing of techniques, stories and inspirations has hugely impacted the progress of my work. By viewing the work of others, I feel like I've been able to improve my own. In fact, I don't think I would have the same connection with my photography if it were not for the personal connections I have been able to make because of it. I am grateful to all my friends, those I've met in person and those I only know from afar, for helping me to develop my work into something I can feel good about.
Increasingly part of the process of developing my own work has been sharing photography and especially film photography with others. To further that purpose I started "Film in Baltimore" (www.flickr.com/groups/filminbaltimore) in 2008. This group, which meets on a monthly basis, promotes a casual environment for both fun and learning with the wider goal of promoting alternative and independent forms of photography in Baltimore.