A Year in Light: Selected Works 2024

Two distinct series emerge from a year of exploration—one born in controlled studio environments, the other discovered in the unforgiving honesty of afternoon parking lots. **Series 01** presents three studies in contrast and form. COOLWATER speaks to the fluidity between states—liquid and solid, motion and stillness. EDGY finds power in angular precision, where sharp lines meet softer truths. GRADIANT explores the spaces between, those subtle transitions that mirror how we move through our own transformations. **Series 02** originated behind State Management LA, where golden hour stretches endlessly and concrete becomes canvas. These digital works—numbered rather than named—embrace the democracy of natural light. No elaborate setups, no manufactured drama. Just the raw honesty of late afternoon sun meeting fabric and form. The parking lot sessions taught patience. Light shifts minute by minute in these urban valleys, creating pockets of warmth between shadows. What appears harsh at first glance reveals itself as surprisingly forgiving—much like the year itself. These eleven images represent moments of recognition rather than creation. Each frame asks: What happens when we strip away expectation and work with what's present? The studio pieces demand one kind of attention; the parking lot work requires another entirely. Between controlled environments and found spaces, between titled concepts and numbered observations, lies the territory where creative work actually lives. Not in the extremes, but in the honest middle ground where light meets intention and something unexpected emerges. This collection maps a year of learning to see—in sterile studios and sun-baked asphalt alike. The camera becomes witness to these quiet discoveries, documenting not just image but understanding.