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Echoes Through the Mission Wall

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Echoes Through the Mission Wall

The Angel’s Trumpets at Carmel Mission seemed to hover between light and shadow, fragility and endurance. I wanted to capture that ambiguity, where beauty feels both timeless and fleeting.

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Harbor of Forgotten Voices

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Harbor of Forgotten Voices

A haunting meditation on memory and impermanence, this image of Fisherman’s Wharf captures boats resting in a foggy bay, symbols of lives suspended between stillness and journey. Each vessel becomes a vessel of story, inviting viewers to linger in its mystery.

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The Letters the Ocean Never Sent

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The Letters the Ocean Never Sent

A poetic visual meditation on impermanence and the silent language of the natural world. This duotone image captures floating kelp as if it were a script written by the sea, offering a quiet, contemplative space for viewers to reflect on memory, loss, and the beauty of being untethered.

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Where the Past Walks Beside Us

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Where the Past Walks Beside Us

Somewhere between fog and forgetting, an old beach memory floats, fragile, faded, yet unwilling to disappear. Framed against the timeless silhouette of the Golden Gate Bridge, this dreamlike image is a meditation on how we remember… and what we lose when we forget.

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