Born and raised in Los Angeles, my photographic works often address the physical, urban environment of the LA area. I’ve explored how elements of art (color, form, space, etc.) impact a photograph’s meaning. I’ve photographed buildings that are slated for demolition and researched their histories, which has shaped a focus on how communities absorb loss. That focus on disappearance and the history embedded in landscape, as well as my proximity to the situation, led me to the Eaton Fire in Altadena early last year. This event has shaped a lot of my recent work, with my photographic book, From the Ashes, Up, covering the slow regrowth of Altadena from the day the fire was put out to nearly a year later.