i was born and raised in Vermont. Grew up in a small town in between all the major ski resorts. i was interested in technology young, too late to really fall in love with the romance of web 1.0 but still able to appreciate it for more than the commercial frontends that are now the norm.
Photography quickly became a favorite tool to help me orient and understand the world around me. It provided a consistent index that helped me intentionally build, frame, process, and reproduce ideas. As i dove deeper into the crossovers of photography and technology, i became increasingly interested in how these tools begin to take on a life of their own, reproducing on their own.
As i transitioned from Vermont to Chicago this understanding broadened with the new experience of what a developed city is like. Understanding how much gets lost, covered up, and mistranslated in the sprint for better or more made me think more about the human hand in the production of the tools and systems we use every day.
I continue to find immense solace in the ownership photography allows me to take around the creation and interpretation of reality, but am simultaneously unnerved at the levels to which photography is being used to undermine trust and generate a reality grounded in numbers instead of humans.
It is distinctly because of this feeling of deep mistrust that i find it valuable to work with emerging technologies to remain on the edge of understanding and not wait passively for systems to be integrated.