Growing up in an artistic family - my grandfather an accomplished painter, my mother a jeweler - I developed a strong appreciation for art and followed my dream of becoming a photographer. I started out collecting photographic postcards as a child. This interest developed into making photographs with a point-and-shoot camera my father gave me when I was 7. My love of travel and curiosity about people and the world we live in motivates me to go far and wide taking pictures. Finding that moment of spontaneity and natural expression on a subject's face, while taking portraits makes the images I make more candid and relaxed. The way light & shadow falls on a face, building or landscape is what I look for while making a photograph. I am often told that my pictures have an “old world” quality about them. My passion for photography has always brought me back to my 35mm camera, getting lost in the moments I find beautiful and compelling. I primarily photograph in natural light and use color, sepia and black and white film depending on the mood or feeling of the scene. Through the magic of the photographic medium I would like to transport the viewer to the moment I experienced when I made each of my images.