Emerging Light

2016 · 35mm Film Photography / FM2 · Berlin, Germany At the end of 2015, Maggie and Teresa invited me to visit Germany. In early 2016, we went. For twelve days we moved from city to city —Frankfurt, Berlin, Leipzig,…

2016 · 35mm Film Photography / FM2 · Berlin, Germany At the end of 2015, Maggie and Teresa invited me to visit Germany. In early 2016, we went. For twelve days we moved from city to city —Frankfurt, Berlin, Leipzig,…

Feb 2016 · Film Photography / FM2 · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam I found this place by accident. No map.No recommendation.Just walking. The afternoon in Ho Chi Minh City was loud —motorbikes weaving through traffic,street vendors calling out,heat rising…

2016 · Film Photography / FM2 · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam This year, Pat and I came to Ho Chi Minh City.It was his first time here — but not mine. Ho Chi Minh City was the very first…

June 2015 · Film Photography · Taipei, Taiwan After returning to Taiwan from Canada, the first thing I searched for wasn’t food, friends, or even home. It was a film lab. In the digital age, finding a place that still…

May 2015 · Film Photography / FM2 · Simcoe, Ontario, Canada 2015 was the year I quietly began searching for the meaning of love again. Not the dramatic kind we see in movies.Not the loud, passionate, fireworks kind. But the…

2015 — Toronto, CanadaSLR Photography It was the middle of summer. Toronto was warm and bright, the kind of afternoon where the light feels almost too generous. The trees were full, branches stretching wide, leaves moving softly in the wind.…

October 2014 · Colored Marker Illustration · Bangkok, Thailand PP Journey began without a plan. I didn’t wake up that morning thinking I was going to create a series.There was no concept, no storyboard, no intention to “make art.” All…

2014 · Film Photography / FM2 · Bangkok, Thailand Every time I look at this photograph, a quiet heaviness returns. Not sadness exactly. More like a soft ache. The kind that sits somewhere between memory and acceptance. October, 2014. Bangkok.…

2014 · Film Photography · Banqiao, New Taipei City, Taiwan 2014 marked a quiet turning point in our lives. That year, Pat stepped into his fiftieth year. Fifty sounds like a simple number when you say it out loud, but…

2002 — Kyoto, JapanFilm Photography It was our first time in Kyoto. November. The air was cold but incredibly clear. The kind of cold that wakes you up instead of making you tired. We walked for a long time that…