My journey into photography started at the Brooks Institute of

Photography in Santa Barbara, CA. Although I was enrolled as a

film production major, everyone had to learn the basics on a still

photography camera. I was hooked.

I love photographing people, architecture, flowers and found objects.

INSPIRATION

I first got introduced to photography by my step dad, who shared

with me a book by Richard Avedon. I was mesmerized by the

simplicity and striking nature of his portraits. Then I started noticing

flowers as subjects thanks to my father. He was a jeweler who

discovered a way to "mummify" leaves and flowers, hand painted

them and combined them with precious and semi-precious stones,

thus creating truly stunning and unique works of art.

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