An old boss once told me, “You are what you do.” This I believe to be true, as we spend thousands of hours each year working to provide for ourselves and our families. The Professions series is meant to capture the story of a person’s livelihood, and in effect, who they are, in a single image.

While traditional portraits focus on a subject’s face, I believe it is a person’s surroundings, their environment, which conveys the narrative of their place on this planet. As such, the Professions series specifically focuses away from the face to direct our attention to the way in which others make their living on a day-to-day basis.