About the Artist

I’m a photographer based in Philadelphia. I work primarily with landscape and place, often in environments shaped by abandonment, erosion, and time.

Photography has been a constant presence in my life, though not always a priority. There were years where it receded completely. When it returned, it did so with intention. I’ve been working seriously for roughly a decade, long enough to understand what I’m interested in and what I’m not.

Photography is not my primary occupation. I run an online camera store specializing in antique and vintage film photography equipment. That work keeps me grounded in the physical realities of the medium, but the photographs themselves are made elsewhere, away from where I live.

About the Work

This body of work focuses on desolate landscapes, ghost towns, abandoned structures, and roadside remnants encountered while traveling throughout the United States. These places exist in a state of quiet after-use. They are not dramatic. They are unresolved.

The work is personal, though not confessional. Its emotional center sits somewhere between memory and reckoning. The photographs were made without an initial narrative in mind. The book Dear Ryan came later, shaped around the images as a way of organizing them, not explaining them.

Nothing is staged. I photograph what remains.

Process

All photographs are made using medium-format film. The work is analog at the point of capture. No AI, generative tools, or composites are used.

Film is developed and scanned personally, often in my kitchen and bedroom. Editing is restrained. Cropping, color correction, and occasional minor object removal are used when necessary, with the goal of preserving the original intention of the photograph rather than improving it after the fact.

The photographs in Dear Ryan existed before the book. Their placement came later, arranged deliberately so image and text could coexist without illustration or explanation.