Biography

Artist Statement

        I wasn't very interested in photography before
        I moved to this place. It seemed anybody with
        a camera could be a photographer, and actually
        it was very easy to take snapshots. But I always
        wanted to make art, and I was looking for a
        sensuous way to express myself as an artist. I've
        been working on poetry for many years. Poetry
        thrills me in its elusive ambience and helps me to
        let my spirit be free, but I oftentimes felt that it
        was not strong enough to translate all my visible
        world into words - there are things that can't be
        said with words. Photography satisfies me with
        color, space, movement, textures in the image.
        The good thing about photography is that it can
        show things directly.

        As a wildlife photographer, I am so fortunate that
        I live in the foothills of Washington's North
        Cascade Mountains at an elevation of 3300 feet.
        I have various kinds of wildlife here all the year
        round, so I started photographing them naturally.
        When I photograph I like going out with a kind of
        subconscious intuition - feeling and breathing
        in the animal's world. I always try to get close to
        my subjects as much as I can, because I want them
        to know my presence and I want to see eye to eye
        with them first. I believe the more I respect them,
        the more I succeed in making intimate and unique
        photographs. So I learn about animals within their
        natural environment as well as learning
      photography. I really enjoy my work and I feel
        day by day I become one with this great nature.