With people watching and socializing, I have come to realize that there are certain places and things that people either avoid or don’t pay much attention to. Whether they dislike the emotional aspect of what they may feel in these places or they simply think they are ugly. I have spent the last eight years traveling around California and more specifically the Bay Area exploring some of these places.

A common place I have noticed people avoid as much as possible were the cemeteries, only visiting when a friend or family member was getting buried. As I walk through several different locations I noticed that among the headstones and mausoleums that were erected in memory of an individual there was a sense of peace and tranquility as well as considerable beauty to be found.

My printing process developed for me within the last two years. After spending years printing traditional black and white, while there was a love for the process, something was missing. It wasn’t until I began looking into alternative processing that I stumbled upon this method after observing fellow photographers. Now I take time to chemically alter each print that is made, making every single one unique and one of a kind. No two images will ever have the same chemical pattern develop. It was this uniqueness and imperfection that hooked me.

It is through this development process and the haunting locations I photograph in, that create very surreal and captivating images. I want to take things that people don’t pay attention to and show that they can be beautiful.