Philosophy and Background
My work explores how photographs of landscape architecture and design can both describe a place and give the feeling of what it is like to be in that place. Photographs within the fields of landscape architecture, garden design and environmental design should be more than beautiful, they should tell the story of the place and the story of the intentions of the designer and client as they react that unique place. My photographs capture more than the design, revealing how a place is experienced and understood on a physical and emotional level.I received my BLA and MLA from the University of Oregon. While working towards my degrees, I studied the role of photography in how we understand designs and landscapes. I created a course at the U of O that teaches landscape architecture students how to better utilize photography in the design process.