I am an avid street photographer based in Chicago. During my travels to different cities, I take pictures to show the life of the locals and capture the faint urban heartbeat often drowned out by the monotony of life. My mission is to convey the special characteristics of each city I encounter. In addition, I am also well-versed in the technicalities of photography, both digital and film. I know the logistics of taking photographs, the necessary equipment, and such essentials as ISO, shutter speed, and aperture.

As a lover of books, I can relay knowledge about classic literature and certain modern authors. Such "isms" as existentialism, romanticism, and transcendentalism, are very familiar topics to me. I also love to delve into certain ideologies, like nihilism and Marxism, and explore the literature pertaining to them. Rarely is a work of literary merit foreign to me, as renowned authors seldom escape my memory.

Biology is a topic of great interest to me. My fascination lies mainly in the fields of bacteriology and disease pathology. I follow many blogs that contain such topics, and I often read about contemporary research online and in magazines.

DePaul University
2016