Visual Narratives

 

Self-produced portraiture and visual narratives created beyond the constraints of assignment.


This work emphasizes character, atmosphere and storytelling through a distinctly editorial lens. Each series is shaped by curiosity and exploration rather than a brief or campaign.


Together, they represent a more personal extension of my photographic voice.

 

Sam

-Venice Skate Park

 

 

 

A ballgown enters the skatepark not as costume but as argument. Against poured concrete and coded masculinity, the silhouette reframes grace as force and friction as fluency. Gender here is not subverted for spectacle; it is simply reauthored, moving forward on its own terms.

 

 

Lia

-Malibu, California

 

 

 

As the light thins and the horizon softens, she remains—unaccompanied, unhurried. What lingers is not absence, but a quiet communion with the last trace of day.

 

 

Sarah

-Los Angeles Arts District

 

 

 

Take the elite runner out of her native habitat and she quickly adapts to the new surroundings.

 

 

Caitlin

-Solana Beach

 

 

 

At the edge of day, light is not used to flatter but to articulate—skin, salt, and silhouette held in temporary alignment.

 

 

Heide

-Los Angeles Fashion District

 

 

 

Where control loosens, instinct takes over, and something honest slips through.

 

 

Eugene & Madelyn

-Koreatown, Los Angeles

 

 

 

Midnight in K-town, where commitment sheds its polish and keeps its nerve. Love moves through neon, shadow, and sleepless streets, less a promise staged for daylight than a pact forged in motion.

 

 

Lauren

-Santa Monica

 

 

 

The fridge light's pale glow glints off a knife's edge. The smell of 30 birthday candles being blown out still lingers, masking the taste of cake with sulphur and smoke.

 

 

Allison

-Venice Beach

 

 

 

A martini at sunset. Heels and fur. Shaken, with a splash of saltwater.

 

 

Heide

-Koreatown, Los Angeles

 

 

 

Sound implied, volume withheld. This is rock not as nostalgia or spectacle, but as authorship:

 

 

Rocki

-Downtown San Diego

 

 

 

Hair up, focus locked. Just a pause between reps, sky overhead, and the quiet confidence that comes from showing up and doing the work.