PHOTOGRAPHER'S MESSAGE: This is my life's work. I have always been a photographer. I am fascinated by the imagery and memories still photography provides. As a child, I was influenced by my mother's photography passion and would marvel at our ability to relive vacations and events, as captured by her camera. Growing up on the Central Coast, and most specifically Monterey, I was of course influenced by some of photography's greatest pioneers and their enduring legacies.