Seeing what matters most

I did not begin as a photographer. I started my career in finance in New York City and, by most measures, I was doing well. I was good at my job, but I wanted to do something that felt more meaningful and more connected to who I was.

Photography was something I loved, and eventually I decided to take it seriously. I left finance, immersed myself in learning the craft, and began building a life behind the camera. What I did not know then was how much photography would teach me about myself and how deeply it would connect me to other people.

My own life was changing quickly during this time. I got married, became a mother, lived abroad, moved to different states, and found myself trying to understand who I was becoming through all of it. Photography gave me a way to reconnect with myself. It also connected me to other women moving through their own seasons of change.

That experience changed the way I thought about portraits. I began to understand that a portrait is so much more than a beautiful photograph. It can hold a piece of who you are at a particular moment in your life.

I have always been curious about people. Tell me what you do and I want to know why you love it. Tell me where you came from and I want to know what brought you here. I want to understand what matters to you, what has shaped you, and what makes you who you are.

That same curiosity is why I naturally gravitate toward building community and bringing people together. It is also what has drawn me to working with nonprofits and mission driven organizations. At the heart of it all are people with different experiences, different perspectives, and stories that are entirely their own.

I cannot tell someone's entire story through a photograph, but I can listen and pay attention. I can understand a little more about who you are and what matters to you. And with my camera, I can capture a part of your story and preserve a moment in your life that will never exist in quite the same way again.

That is what makes this work so meaningful to me. I hope that in taking the time to be photographed, you give yourself the chance to appreciate where you are, everything that has brought you here, and the person you are today.