Artist Statement

Architecture is all around us, all the time. It is the skeleton of the homes we live in, the places we work, and everything in between. Yet we rarely stop to consider the structures that shape our daily lives. Through this portfolio, I examine architecture not simply as something we occupy, but as a form of visual expression and a record of human life.

I am drawn to architecture because of the contrast between its construction and its inevitable change. In the first half of the portfolio, I focus on modern structures as compositions of form, pattern, symmetry, and light. Through abstraction, repetition, and careful framing, I explore how architecture can become visually compelling beyond its intended function. In the second half, I turn toward older, deteriorating structures, where weathering, decay, and time have become part of the architecture itself.

Modern buildings often represent precision, progress, and what we value in the present, while deteriorating structures preserve evidence of what came before. I am interested in the point where architecture stops being merely functional and begins to reveal the passage of time, human use, and neglect.

I am interested in finding significance in what people overlook. By placing controlled modern forms alongside imperfect, aging structures, I want to challenge the familiarity that makes the built world invisible. These photographs ask viewers to reconsider architecture not as background, but as something that can hold beauty, history, and meaning, beyond being just a structure or decoration.