Ever since I took my first photo around the age of 15 I was intrigued by the fact that I could stop the perpetual motion of time by capturing a moment on film.  It was not until later in my life that I came to realize that all those seemingly fleeting moments were not individual entities but that they told of experiences, influences and events that were part of a whole world . . . My world.

Unknowingly I had told a story, created a visual diary of my life.  Through my images I had become the subject of my own photography.  I began to observe the profound role my subconscious was playing.  The awareness of my creative process, unveiled by this realization, has incited me to seize the present, fully aware of the fact that today's moments will become the echoes of our time. 

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