Joyous San Francisco based photographer with 25 years in the Bay Area.
I got my photography start on a mountaintop a few decades ago. Where I photographed thousands of students changing their lives in bold and effective ways. I was documenting a shift in consciousness that occurred during high ropes course events that were held by a world famous life success seminar company. The courses had been introduced after the students had already started peeling back the layers of conditioning. A psychologist friend said to me once that when you couple therapy with high ropes events its effectiveness is tenfold... that is where we came in... to document that exact moment of shift... The moment our students broke through their walls.
It was truly a life changing thing to witness, for anyone that was present.
The ways our photographs spoke to the students... bringing them back into the very moment that internal shift happened, reminding them of the way they can conquer every challenge that comes their way... it shifted my view of life and the power that documenting these moments can bring to the world. Speaking with the students as they came back to visit us years after their time with us, they told the stories of the strength these moments provided them.
One of the proudest moments I’ve ever experienced was having one of those students tell me she had decided to have a child. She had never felt beautiful, or powerful enough to do so before... until she saw that photo I took of her... a candid with the light in her eyes and her hair...and all of her energy in agreement with her body and soul. Arms up, in support of her team as they conquer a feat which is virtually impossible without the unison of the whole in that sacred agreement. She WAS beautiful!! One of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. Thank goodness I was able to capture a piece of it in the image and that she could finally see herself. This right here is what it’s all about.
These moments truly changed my life and made me want to bring more of that energy into the world.
So I took it to my daily life, and loves... music, community, nature, the theaters where the world celebrates being alive, the power of creators and their creations... and i attempted to translate the dream that was each moment.
Some of that is on these pages.. i do hope you enjoy ❤️...