"I fell in love with climbing when I met the wonderful community at Brooklyn Boulders. It was a nice escape from the daily grind of work. Climbing helped me tap into deep parts of myself that I hadn't known, sources of strength an resilience that only become apparent when you reach the outer limits of your comfort zone.

I found photography to be a lifeline and it was my way of making sense of the chaos of real life. Within pictures, I can build worlds exploring subjects that spring both wonder and torment, awesome and awful, all while feeling safe. In this way, it has becomes a mode of self-healing when it comes to grappling with complicated issues that cause me grief and distress."

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