43, photographer and creative director
What do you work on?
I work primarily with film, occasionally incorporating digital media, but my focus is very much on film. Cameras - Hasselblad 503, Contax 645, Nikon, and Contax 35mm with all types of attachments to work in a variety of conditions and scenarios.
Project-wise, I freelance within the fashion and fashion-adjacent industries and I just collaborated with a few other artists to create a fundraiser for Jamaica's relief after the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. I tend to take on many projects centered on the Caribbean - especially Jamaica, which is my cultural background.
I am also currently working on a book that follows a personal journey through grief, aging, and the idea of legacy. It aims to highlight the quiet strength involved in caring for loved ones while facing one's own vulnerability. The project also seeks to challenge cultural norms and encourage open dialogue around alternative approaches to physical and mental health, particularly within Caribbean communities.
What do you hate?
I'm not sure I connect with the idea behind hate. I don't respond well to negativity. If anything, maybe the only thing I truly hate is hate itself, which often is ignorance manifested as dislike.
What do you love?
I love my family and friends, and I love photographs and film - along with anything that gives me time with the people and creative work I care about.
Describe your perfect photograph?
For me, a perfect photograph tells a story and carries real depth without feeling complicated. It sparks movement or stirs emotion. As you see it, you can hear it, taste it, feel it, and live inside of it. I appreciate all kinds of images, so the subject can be anything - from people to landscapes and everything in between.
Initially, it was the photographs of Helmut Newton that inspired me to take picture making seriously. His soft tones that sat between hard line black and white really captivated me, I love the juxtaposition between hard and soft in his photographs, the formality contrasted by emotion and hunger.
Later, a book I am really fond of and proud to reference often from my bookshelf, is "The Nature of Photographs" by Stephen Shore. Presented in a clean way with minimal text, his pictures really speak the unspoken about picture making and provide a digital blueprint for my visual language.
