me

i distinctly remember wondering what was outside of my small little town as a child.  the cinema always made the world look so big & exciting, but when your an anxious young boy looking for adventure there is such a great feeling of being let down with your own world.  i look back now and realize that it was exactly as it should be, simple-clean and true.  once one steps outside of that bubble the real world steals away with all the innocence we once knew.  much has been said about the sorrowful mid-west, but i wouldn’t change a thing about it.  photography is a means for me to visually touch a part of myself that is quite elusive.  a way to seek out answers to the questions that are my life, and ultimately shape the person i am.  some of these images have a darker nature, i feel that in opening those doors i’ve permitted myself to express emotions that many keep bottled up inside themselves.  by releasing these “demons” in a constructive way i’m able to remain in a state of happiness which leaves me open to enlightenment.  the world i walk in is a series of fascinating visuals, capturing them is a method i use to help me remember.  most times music is playing inside of my head, and that inevitably helps to shape not only my mood but the frame of mind i experience this life.  i know that greater truths await us out “there”, and i wish to continue searching until i’ve made some sense of all this…