
For anyone unfamiliar with you or your work, can you tell us a little about your background with photography and motorcycling?
“Sure: I’ve been riding a motorcycle for 20-plus-years, I have an MFA in photography & I’ve been taking pictures since I was 16. Luckily along the way my lifestyle and my photography work have merged….

Well, riding waves, riding roads – there’s an immediate parallel right there. Holding your line on an open road or riding down the line surfing a wave in the open ocean -I think there’s a sense of freedom in both & they tend to attract very like minded passionate people who love the outdoors, motion and speed.

This particular exhibit was curated by Stacie B. London and it’s a culmination of the last year or so of my photographs documenting friends, racers & local riders in the motorcycle and surf community. The selection of images are from a body of work that I’ve been showing throughout the year- primarily images from the Mexilog Festival -a longboarding, single-fin festival in Mexico – Hell on Wheels -a local vintage dirt bike racing club here in Los Angeles, & the Wheels and Waves festival in France and California.

I’m trying to capture, at least in this body of work, the people in my community. The people in the moto and surf culture, my culture, fascinate me- as does the history and the craft of building motorcycles and surfboards and the riders relationship with them. I definitely lean towards a vintage aesthetic and I love longboarding, single-fins, vintage motorcycles, and the vintage bike scene. I’m trying to document the people that make up this community who are doing incredible things- whether it’s racing or competing, building bikes or shaping boards. I really want to tell their stories.
Do you see yourself as having a particular style?
I think my style is unstyled. My photography is mostly done on the fly, which means I try to capture natural moments. Mainly I’m trying to be as unobtrusive as possible and just document moments & people. I do a lot of what I call lurking haha

It’s hard to choose a favorite, but if I had to choose, I’d say it’s the one of Edie Ashley & Alena Chendler taken right after getting off the track. It was taken at Wheels and Waves in Biarritz, France after Edie had finished her first race at the Deus Swank Rally- it was pouring down rain- they’re sopping wet from riding and Edie covered in mud -I just love everything about the mood of this shot. (Edie is from England and Elena is from Russia and they both came to France to participate in the W&W races and festivities.)
What’s the hardest thing to convey about bikes from behind the lens of a camera?
Speed. You want to stop motion and show speed at the same time- this is a bit of a contradiction.”


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