American Blake is about the people and land that I love. Intentionally seeing them and capturing to cherish moments of love and life.
I’m drawn to what is real — the raw edges and true forms of people and nature; what God created and called good.
I was born on this land and will be buried under it — my dream is to invoke this feeling through the frames I capture; feeling the spirit in the land so much that you don’t have to own it to feel that you’re from it.
I look at the bare landscapes of The West and sculpture of a crooked smile and see their beauty; likewise in the architecture of a horse or calloused old hands.
Looking back, I’ve always been this way.
Reaching for a camera before the moment is gone has felt like instinct.
Creating imagery that holds the weight and warmth of the moment it was taken — that’s where my passion catches flame.
I was given a legacy through the stories I grew up hearing; grit and integrity survived through story telling that I believe photography has a powerful way of doing.
In the back of a scrapbook my grandparents had written to my dad and now to me, “Always remember where you came from and keep a record for those who will come in the future.”
This the heartbeat of American Blake: preserving legacy, documenting real life, and making something that carries forward once we are gone.
to remember & record
My heart and vision has grown to capture photos of love and life in your story. Warm, candid portraits meant to be cherished like the kind you’d tuck into a scrapbook for generations to find.
