My Story

I’m a documentary & concert photographer drawn to people who build meaning in the margins — the artists, musicians, workers, and everyday characters shaping culture from the ground up. The more weird the subject is, the better.

My work lives where grit meets tenderness, where humor and heartbreak sit in the same frame, and where community forms not because it’s fashionable, but because people need each other. I’m interested in how subcultures grow, how places have changed, and how ordinary lives carry extraordinary stories if you stay long enough to listen.

Across everything I make, I’m trying to create a record of what it feels like to be alive right now. I work slowly, through long conversations, repeated visits, and a stubborn commitment to showing people as they are. My goal is simple: to honor the underdog, to document the people, and places, that we might not be ready to see ourselves reflected in.

Caption: This is me in Poughkeepsie NY, sometime in 1999, age 19, banging on drums. Shot by Danielle Dombrowski.