I studied photography as an undergraduate at Marlboro College, a very small liberal arts college in southern Vermont, under the guidance of John Willis. Like many young photographers starting out, I was drawn to the beauty of crumbling abandoned spaces and decay. The landscape of my native New England also played a role in my work then, as it does now, and I drew heavily on imagery from my dreams.

At the time, I was unrepentant in my rejection of digital photography, and worked solely with film negatives, in the darkroom. My views have softened considerably since then, and I now own a digital camera, but I still love (and use) the traditional processes and the meditative rocking of trays in the darkroom.