My work stems from a simple need to continually encounter things and places that are new and unfamiliar. For me, wandering itself is a form of catharsis. I carry a camera along with me to capture the beauty of the things I see as I travel. The images I make depict cityscapes with high-contrast transitions between pools of light and deep shadows. When I make these images, I'm always trying to capture the subtle interaction between light and shadow and the beauty of the tones in the spaces in between. For instance, the sheen of light on a wet street, the barely visible silhouette of naked trees against a dark, but cloudy sky, or the rough texture of decaying brick and mortar. While none of these images depict people (reinforcing the solitary nature of my experience), I am trying to convey an impression of humanity through its marked absence. I display these suble images as large as I can practically do so to immerse the viewer in the space depicted in them.