Revising the Site

Over the past month I’ve been revising my personal website, moving it from a simple photo blog and notebook toward something with just enough structure to support projects and curation.

The work began with a basic question: what is this site for? At its core, it’s a place for me to think through photographs—through editing, sequencing, and attention. Sharing the work matters, but it’s secondary. The site needs to support my way of working first.

That rethink led to a period of review: revisiting older photographs, editing slowly, and noticing what continued to hold my attention. Only after that did the practical work begin.

I spent time experimenting with more visual, GUI-driven website builders, drawn by their flexibility. In practice, they worked against me. I value workflow far more than presentation freedom. Working locally, with simple files, predictable structure, and tools that stay out of the way matters more than visual optionality.

Once that became clear, the focus returned to the photographs themselves.

The site is currently organized around three projects. Selected Works acts as an anchor: a small, intentional set of images that reflects how I see my work now. Alongside it are Window Seat and Crossings, both of which emerged over time rather than being planned in advance. They were recognized as potential projects after I already had a solid collection of candidate photos.

That pattern seems to fit my nature and way of working. While I’m open to more deliberate projects in the future, I suspect most will continue to form gradually, shaped by repetition and attention rather than intention from the outset. The site’s structure is meant to accommodate that, making it easier to notice when something has emerged as a body of work.

The site will always be a work in progress. But it feels closer to alignment now: less about flexibility or polish, more about coherence and a way of working that fits how my mind actually moves.