About

I am an urban dweller, an adventurer, citizen scientist, bird lover, community champion. 

I grew up in a house on top of what, in NJ, counts as a mountain, surrounded by fields and farms, sunsets followed by a sky full of stars. Work brought me to New York, a city I never thought I’d live in. Too many people, too many skyscrapers, too much rush-rush-rush. Yet in the middle of the bustle there are still surprisingly quiet pockets. Nature persists, survives, thrives. I live in an area of Brooklyn named after our most recognizable feature - the toxic Gowanus Canal. A super-fund designated site, its industrial past has shaped the neighborhood. Low-slung warehouses, arts spaces, public street ends spilling into the canal. Paddling among the coal tar blooms, a night heron might eye you down. Mussels seed in the old wooden bulkheads, doing their best to filter the toxic water before their homes are torn down by progress. I never knew these pockets existed, and now I can’t stop seeking them out.

I hope you enjoy these photos, a glimpse of how I see the places I’ve visited, my city and the creatures in it.