My love for photography began when I was three years old, the same age my parents gave me a small 110 film camera. Around that same time I was flying kites with my grandfather in Montauk, New York. Both passions stayed with me into adulthood and eventually came together in a way that shaped my career.

While studying photography in college in the early 2000s, I dreamed of capturing the world from above. Renting airplanes or helicopters was out of reach for me, and this was long before drones existed. Remembering my childhood fascination with kites, I realized I could use them to lift a camera high into the sky. I believed I was inventing something new, though I later discovered kite aerial photography had existed almost as long as photography itself.

What excited me most was the unique vantage point this technique made possible. I could capture views higher than anyone could reach from the ground, yet closer and more intimate than anything from an aircraft. That balance between closeness and height defined the style I continue to refine today.

Every photograph I create begins long before the shutter is pressed. I often sketch ideas for my images and plan them a year or more in advance. Travel is essential to my work, and I frequently return to the same location multiple times until I achieve the vision I hold in my mind’s eye.

Because my process relies on nature, patience is essential. The right light, weather, and wind must all align. The added need for steady wind complicates everything, and I spend many hours waiting for conditions to come together. I study weather patterns and travel during the seasons that give me the best chance, but nature is always unpredictable. When all of those forces finally align, I capture an image that simply cannot be created in any other way.