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How it all started.

Cleaning out my mother’s apartment a few years back, I came across this treasure, the very first photograph I ever took. Leave it to mom to save it.

I was about 10 years old when my aunt gave me a Kodak 110 Instamatic. At first, all I wanted to do was capture the still lifes I remembered from countless trips to the museums with mom.

She was the one that encouraged me to turn my camera on the human face. I haven’t stopped since, though I like to throw in the occasional dog as well…