KEEPER’S LIGHT

EVERYTHING I CREATE FUNDAMENTALLY COMES DOWN TO LIGHT, THE SUBTLETIES IN WHAT IT ILLUMINATES, AND THE AREAS LOST IN ITS ABSENCE. BE IT A PORTRAIT OR A LANDSCAPE, I AIM FOR A FEELING OF INTIMACY WITHIN THAT SIMPLICITY, WHERE THE NON-ESSENTIAL FADES AWAY. THERE'S A DESIRE FOR CONNECTION, WHETHER WITH HUMANS OR NATURE. MY GOAL AS A PHOTOGRAPHER HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO ALLOW THE SPACE FOR THAT CONNECTION TO HAPPEN.

KEEPER'S LIGHT IS A SERIES OF SEASCAPES PHOTOGRAPHED FROM INSIDE THE TOP OF MONTAUK LIGHTHOUSE IN MY HOMETOWN. WITH THIS PROJECT, I SOUGHT TO RECONNECT WITH MY PASSIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND SURFING AND REKINDLE THE LATTER'S INFLUENCE ON MY IMAGE-MAKING.

BY FOCUSING SOLELY ON THEIR FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS—LIGHT AND WATER—THE FOLLOWING SEASCAPES, CREATED AT LAND'S END, WHERE BOTH PASSIONS ORIGINATED AND WERE NURTURED, ARE THE RESULT.