My love of photography began during a trip to Peru’s Amazon jungle to work as a volunteer on a reforestation project. Carrying only a humble but to my understanding, impressive Panasonic lumix point and shoot camera, I shot things like a tourist. The images were snap shots that could have been better so after receiving an offer to return to Peru to manage the project I upgraded to a digital SLR and began to see the world differently. 

My intention was to make a record for myself of the experience but after a couple of months I realised the power photography has to connect people, with each other and the natural world. To get the shot I wanted, I had to interact with people and the environment in a way I never had before which at first in some cases was a little uncomfortable but with each new connection I made I felt a deeper connection with the world around me. Among the many powers photography has, the power to remove the word ‘foreign’ from our language is one I love the most.

The photography I most enjoy is candid documentary/reportage or street photography, nature and landscape however every photographic situation presents a welcome challenge. The move I shoot the better I know myself.

I look forward to a life of photography.