Many of the most deeply moving experiences I’ve had have been while alone in remote wilderness with a camera. I hope these pages on my website give some insight into this and offer a bit of inspiration to seek your own meaningful experiences, whether or not nature or photography are involved. I approach my photography as a devotional act, going to great lengths to familiarize myself with and then transmit the essence of the places that inspire me. I've written more about this here, here, and here.
I have a background in neuroscience and philosophy. I studied both at Claremont McKenna College and conducted research in neuroscience labs at Stanford and UCSF. Displeased with certain aspects of the track I was on, I left my job at Stanford in early 2022 to try my best to actually embody what matters most to me. I've been living in my vehicle in the wilderness ever since, spending much of my time in the Eastern Sierra mountains of California in between big adventures elsewhere. These two essays — Meaning, Purpose, & Joy and Tick Tock... — tie together many of my interests and ways of thinking.
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