But, I Also Love Food The whole time I was experimenting with film, I couldn’t shake my love of food simmering on the back burner of my mind. So, after I graduated, I decided to marry my two loves of food and photography together and become a food photographer. Eat Like There’s No Tomorrow! Eventually,…
Back At It I was reenergized and ready to flex my creative muscles again, and flex I did. I went back to SVA to finish my degree, and as the digital camera revolution was in full swing, I stuck to shooting film. I wasn’t just shooting on film for nostalgia’s sake, though; I was obsessed…
Cooking as Therapy Depression Months went by while I stayed in a hard bed in a cold room filled with stale farts. I was alone, and the world seemed unsafe. One morning I picked up a book that had been sitting on my desk for over a year. It was Hiroko Shimbo’s The Japanese Kitchen:…
College… I was set! I applied to art school —actually, to three of the most prestigious art colleges in the country and the three best in New York City. And you know what? I got into all three. I chose School of Visual Arts (SVA) due to its reputation. Also, who couldn’t pass up the…
I’m Going Blind. It’s still crazy to me to write that out. Please bear with me as I tell my story. I promise it gets better in the end. But, I’m a photographer. It was my senior year of high school when I fell in love with photography. My humanities teacher, Mr. Wright, did a…