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DOCUMENTARY
PORTRAITS

FAMILY STORIES

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Unposed photography of the people you love, in the places that matter to you.

The moments we overlook are often the ones that matter most. Making pancakes on a Sunday morning. Building forts in the living room. Walking the dog through the first snow. A quiet conversation with grandparents. These ordinary routines and relationships can feel insignificant at the time, but they shape our lives and make us who we are.

My approach to family photography is rooted in documentary practice. For more than a decade, I have photographed lives and communities around the world for editorial publications, global brands, and museums. Now based in the Boston area and working throughout Massachusetts and New England, I bring that same curiosity and attention to the people closest to home, observing rather than staging what unfolds.

 

These sessions are simply about spending time with the people who matter to you. The result is not a collection of posed portraits, but a visual record of who you are together at this moment in your lives. I photograph families across Boston, Massachusetts, and New England, and I also travel throughout the U.S. and internationally for commissions.

PORTRAITURE

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Creating timeless portraits that feel like you.

My approach to portraiture sits somewhere between observation and collaboration. I create space for people to settle into themselves, using light, environment, and subtle direction to make images that feel considered without feeling overly constructed.

For more than a decade, I have photographed people around the world, from artists and athletes to activists, first responders, and individuals whose stories have formed part of my documentary work. Now based in the Boston area and working throughout Massachusetts and New England, I bring that same documentary sensibility to commissioned portraiture, whether for an editorial assignment, a campaign, or simply for yourself.

Each portrait is approached with the same intention: to make an image that feels specific to the person in front of me. The result is portraiture that is visually distinctive, but still recognisably you. I also travel throughout the U.S. and internationally for portrait commissions.

BRANDING

For Founders, Creatives &
Small Businesses,
Documentary-led Brand Storytelling.

Story-driven photography for brands, businesses, and individuals who want imagery that feels distinctive, considered, and true to who they are. From environmental portraits and behind-the-scenes moments to the spaces, processes, products, and details that shape a business, I approach each commission with the same documentary eye.

Over the past decade, I have worked with clients ranging from ON Running and some of the world’s leading travel companies to hospitality, interior design, and independent creative brands. That experience has taken me from large international campaigns to small businesses with a very personal story to tell. Whether the project involves a team, a founder, a space, a product, or the experience surrounding a brand, I look for the details and relationships that make it specific.

Rather than creating a collection of overly polished or disconnected images, I focus on building a visual story around what you do and the people behind it. The result is a versatile body of photographs that feels natural, distinctive, and grounded in the character of your work, with imagery that can live across websites, social media, editorial features, campaigns, press, and print.

I am based in the Boston area and work throughout Massachusetts and New England, while continuing to travel across the U.S. and internationally for commissions.

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