Most of what I do circles back to three things: creating, discovering, and the steady negotiation between instinct and careful thought.
Creating is the constant. Photography is where it shows up most visibly—I work in black and white because taking colour out of the frame forces a clearer choice about light, line, and what is actually worth keeping. The same instinct led me to design and ship two mobile apps, and to write a book, Leaving. Different mediums, the same impulse: turn a vague idea into something that exists.
Curiosity sets the direction. I read, travel when I can, and spend time outdoors. Art has a particular hold on me—I go to museums often, fascinated by what other makers have done with their attention, and quietly inspired in ways that find their way back into my own work.
The third thread is harder to name: I try to be both intentional and thoughtful about how I get there. There is a constant back-and-forth between instinct—the quick read of a scene, an idea that arrives whole—and structured thinking, the slower work of testing it, refining it, deciding whether it actually holds. That tension is the most demanding part of how I work, and the most interesting one. The pieces I end up keeping almost always come from sitting with both, rather than letting one side win too quickly.