Black & White Photography

I came to black-and-white photography by way of subtraction. Color carries opinions; remove it and what's left is geometry, weight, weather - a symphony of light and shadow. A photograph in monochrome stops trying to be the moment and becomes a memory of one. That timelessness is what keeps me looking.

What I love about this work is the patience it asks for. Most of the photograph happens before the shutter ever opens - the hour spent waiting for the light to fall a certain way, the conversation that loosens a stranger's shoulders, the second walk past the same doorway. The shutter is the easy part; the seeing is the practice.

What follows is a small archive of frames I keep returning to.