STATEMENT

I am not a creator. The images already exist. I simply find the ones that speak to my feelings and share them.

Subject matter varies depending on my emotions. Although I have studied painting and sculpture, I find photography is the most honest and direct way to express myself. I believe there is no such thing as bad light—all it takes is imagination. Even in flat or subdued lighting, I focus on composition and subject matter to build a meaningful image.

For me, walking around with a camera in hand is pure joy. Everything else fades away—my eyes become fully attuned to the elements, whether natural or man-made. When I look through the viewfinder and frame an image, a beautiful sensation sweeps through me. Photography leads me on long walks, both near home and in distant places. It's more than just a form of expression—it's also a way of learning. With each photograph I take, I deepen my understanding of the landscape, its geology, textures, and atmosphere.

I am drawn to bold colours and high contrast, but just as comfortable in the gentle tones of black and white. My style moves freely between documentary and abstract. Perhaps that abstract pull is rooted in my early artistic training, where form was sometimes left open, unfinished, suggestive.

Some of my photos feel incomplete until I fine-tune them through editing—like sketches waiting for their final lines.
Do my images evoke tranquility or energy? I let the viewer’s feelings decide.

WHAT AM I DOING

After visiting the US Southwest two years in a row, I came to a realization: I've gathered so many photographs-thousands, in fact-that I can begin telling stories with them. Not just through individual images, but through curated photo books that bring together visual narrative and personal reflection.

The first of these projects will be a coffee table book dedicated to the three major geologic zones of Arizona. It's a region of extraordinary variety, from high plateaus to rugged mountain ranges and sweeping desert basins and I hope to share both its beauty and its geological story through my photographs.

The projects below are ongoing. They all depend on my free time and state of mind.

• Trapped...!?: By the end of 2018, I completed this project with the production of a book of 100 pages. What I'll do with it will be decided in the future.

  This collection of b/w photographs is my personal witness to the loss of rural life in the wake of urban development. It captures the perplexities of development and stirs deep reflection of a society trapped by the flux of development at such accelerated pace where there is no way out.

 

• Roots: One other black and white project dedicated in photographing the roots and the landscape along the Niagara Escarpment of Southern Ontario.


• Precambrian Rocks: Although I have already photographed and exhibited these rocks, Precambrians and Precambrians II, I feel that my work is not finished on this subject. So I am approaching these rocks with new enthusiasm and a different eye. Of course in colour!


• Fall Colours: Here again...I've shown some fall photos in the Harsh, Intimate and Feelings galleries. This is definitely not enough to satisfy me, so I am continuing to explore and document these colours.
  The idea is to produce a broad collection of the autumn colours of southern Ontario.
  I visited a few parks but then realized that the most interesting images are along the highways and country roads.
  From what I have experienced, it'll take a few years to finish what I have in mind.