“From the east, the light. It rises everyday, whether it’s noticed or ignored. Some days it shines so bright we’re almost blinded by it. We’re saturated in warmth and long for the glow when darkness envelops us. Reflections and shadows, every color of the spectrum, our lives, we owe to the light. Common yet colossal, a fundamental piece of the puzzle, the energy that has made the world what it is, and my job is to capture it. To be recognized for an ability to work with it, to dance with it, to appreciate the importance of it, I can never express how grateful I am for what was given to me by the foundation. Pursuit of my dreams, to make something of myself, the drive, passion, and inspiration, I can thank the foundation.

The project I’ve taken on is a monumental task, and I love every moment of it, especially the hard times. Half frozen on a desolate beach covered in snow during the middle of a blizzard capturing mediocre chest high surf laughing to myself just thinking ahead to the six hour drive I’ll make up North later that day to capture the same thing in a different state. Paddling alone with my camera to man-eating slabs half mile out to sea, showing my artwork in galleries and watching people get real close, countless hours behind a computer learning new technologies, drives across the country documenting a struggling band’s self paid US tour, Fall on Long Island, Winter in Maine, breakfast in Puerto Rico, dinner in Idaho, layovers in Minnesota, sleeping in the middle of nowhere driving to California, taking in every moment and smiling. I don’t think I’ve ever smiled as much as I have in the last year.

I don’t know what the future holds for me, but these past two years have been phenomenal, and going by that, it looks like it will never rain again.”

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