"Photography is not documentary, but intuition, a poetic experience. It's drowning yourself, dissolving yourself, and then being sensitive to coincidence. You can't go looking for it; you can't want it, or you won't get it. First you must lose yourself. Then it happens."
-Henri Cartier-Bresson
I first lost myself in the still isles of bookshops, quietly thumbing through others work. I still remember the images that held me, anchoring themselves a permanent alcove in my mind. I learned photography not by attempting to master a camera, but by learning how to see all over again. The more I absorbed those first few photographs the further I understood the tacit lessons each image held. Photography is more than a short visual stimulus, a brief spark of the inherent appeal of anything foreign or new. It was a way of life and a way of thinking. Only until I started to see everyday in a more conscious and thoughtful way did I pick up my first camera.
For me photography is a way of freeing myself and revealing a clarity that all to often can be diluted by the noise of life’s everyday nuances. It is something that breathes through me and pulls on an intuition and instinct that helps me hold onto that consciousness. I am not a professional photographer and don't shoot to make a winded claim to my own originality. I don't preoccupy myself with the mechanics of photography or the etiquette that would lead some to critically judge the technical valor of my images. I am still a student of photography, but the day I stop being a student is the day I no longer have a right to be a photographer.
The images here are stories, not statements. Every image you see has a real, unfiltered person behind it. This site is a chance for me to share what I've seen with you and just maybe, you'll find something that speaks to you.
-MRR