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With grainy and harshly lit photographs, my work reflects the dark, brooding side of the everyday world. I seek out and shoot from different perspectives to emphasize the odd side of what we consider normal. With this approach, a stairwell leading to a parking lot seems to be descending into hell, and the alleyway behind my apartment appears as a post-apocalyptic wasteland where only moss grows. And rats.

My photographs are of an abstract nature, finding and recording a small piece of the greater world around me. Despite being focused on the smaller things, I try to capture the essence of the world in the minutiae we so commonly overlook. Doing so means that I take a lot of time studying my composition by taking multiple exposures of one shot, as well as many different angles and frames of the same subject. Minimalism is my approach to photography and I like to emphasize that "less is more" by really focusing on the positive use of negative space.

In the editing stage I manipulate each individual image to accurately demonstrate my vision for that particular subject. I take a lot of time in post-production because I believe that the camera doesn't always reflect the reality of what you are photographing, and more often than not, it's the only way to get what is in my brain into my images.

I like learning, learning is fun! Progress is important to any artistic career, and through brainstorming ideas, seeking out constructive criticism, viewing others' work, and going on "photo walks" (to try out new ideas) I plan to take this to the next level, and the next level, and the... bla bla bla wankity wank wank. I take pictures.