I grew up deep in the new england woods, instilling in me a deep commitment to honesty and artistic integrity. It was the people of the rural communities who drove me to pick up a camera for the first time, moved by an inescapable need to share the world I loved so dear with the city kids I went to college with. “I want to take pictures so I can show everyone how beautiful you all are” continues to be my rallying cry, no matter how far my life takes me from the headwaters of the rivers that still run in my veins.