As an only child, I have spent a lot of time alone. In that time, I have created entire worlds in my head, had hours-long conversations with myself, and entertained a party of one. Over time, I have learned to embrace the silence that accompanies solitude. I have spent a great deal of time thinking sitting alone in my room, listening to music, exploring my surroundings, or watching the sunset.

In Faithful Sunset, I embark on a solitary journey with the sun. I think of the sun as a companion with whom I can have heartfelt conversations. Without searching for specific scenes or subjects, I venture into the sun’s golden light with an open intention of seeing and learning from the environment around me. It is during this deliberation that my intuition guides my lens and, in turn, myself. The resulting photographs capture fragments of the world, which, when pieced together, form a larger picture that is bigger than myself.

My practice does not yield definitive answers to life’s questions. Rather, my images remain faithful to the exploration of my connections with solitude, people, and the world. I understand my surroundings primarily through a visual language where forms, colors, and light are translated to thoughts and emotions. For instance, a lone person dappled in sunlight standing behind a winding hedge creates a silent yet peaceful moment, while a black-and-white-furred dog mantled in golden light, gazing through my camera lens, for me, can evoke an encounter with one's inner self.

My pictures are not sequenced by subject; instead, family, strangers, objects, and locations are all viewed as having equal parts to play. I arrange images based on the emotions and ideas that I sense. By separating the photographs from their time and place, I am able to create associations that help me learn about myself and how I am connected to what is around me. One example is the image of a brightly colored cave that is followed by a person floating under a bridge. This succession highlighted for me that we walk into a season of our life and come out the other side a different person and only realize it after the fact.

I hope the pictures I created are not just visual representations but are also windows into the introspective and transformative process that occurs during my peaceful photographic wanderings. Through my silent communion with the sun, I make life choices, experience moments of enlightenment, process my emotions, and slowly but steadily progress toward finding my place in the world.