ABOUT ME

I grew up by the ocean in Rhode Island, the smallest United States. I've been making pictures since I was in middle school and now I live in Chiapas, Mexico working on photography projects and making ends meet as an English teacher.

PHILOSOPHY

I just want the world to be a little bit less of a tough place, that's all, and to have adventures. My dream is to travel the world as a documentary photographer uncovering evil. And I hope to see the northern lights one day.

Interests

Light, riding bikes, traveling, sailing, languages, photojournalism, human rights, places I don't belong, old cameras, small towns, big cities, astronomy.

• photography
• documentaries
• dancing
• human rights
• cooking
• chocolate
• traveling
• sailing
• astronomy
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The Black Keys, Nina Simone, Johnny Cash, Sufjan Stevens, Fleet Foxes, The Rolling Stones

Books: White Noise, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Catch-22, Pathologies of Power

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once watched the sunrise over the amazon rainforest from a cold, cold mountaintop in Peru, where we were supposed to be able to see 3 dancing suns because of all the humidity above the rainforest, but did not, because it was cloudy and the light tricks only happen on clear days, but still, I was with my best friend and we were above the clouds and they stretched out around us in all directions, and once in a while a hole would open up and we could see the trees flitting in and out way down below, and we sat quietly on the mountainside sipping hot chocolate and watching the sun come up over the horizon.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can cook a fine chicken pot pie, teach you how to use a film camera, teach you Spanish, teach you Portuguese, or a little bit of Czech!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands Antilles, Peru, Poland, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, United States

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