I am a member of the Mohawk nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and I reside on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in Ontario, Canada. My journey in photography initially began as a part-time hobby many years ago. While I worked at my regular profession, I completed courses through the New York Institute of Photography, and the Institute of Photography, based in London, UK. 

In 2017, I suffered a stroke that changed the course of my life. Although I worked hard to heal from the difficulties of the event, I suffered memory and other long-term damage and am now deemed disabled. 

Unable to return to my former work, I turned to photography to cope with my new life. I utilize photography daily as a tool to assist my memory as the captured images allow me to recall places and events, but I also use it to create artwork and convey feeling and thought through my images. Photography allows me to view the world in a new light as I have become more accepting of life’s events and challenges.

My creative imagery is primarily focused on four main subjects – Nature, Indigenous images, the Hand of Man, and Faith. I rarely have human figures in my photographs but at the TOAF I am presenting a new subject theme, “Humankind“. These images will include a human presence as a subject within the scene. I utilize only natural or available light and shoot in a number of genres including landscape, nature, street, architectural and black and white. 

I aim to maintain a minimalistic approach in most of my photographs, guided by the principle that less is more. I also try to focus on the seemingly unnoticed scenes from the everyday world around us with the primary goal of initiating thought and emotion in the viewer.