An Ode To Apples
February 11th, 2024

A short video poem written about apples and the obsession our culture has with them. I made this video focusing on short cinematography. This was also my first time utilizing caption graphics in video editing. 

Ode to Apples

 “Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about apples. I’m not exactly sure what about them captivates me, but I haven’t been able to shake the obsession with apples our culture seems to have.  Original sin is Eve biting the apple from the tree of knowledge, and villains are portrayed holding apples. Think about snow white, hunger games, harry potter, and there are other examples. But still, apples are viewed in opposite ways too. An apple a day keeps the doctor away, is what they say. Are we villains, or sinful for eating healthy fruit? I guess it doesn’t stimulate the pharmaceutical industry to eat apples in that case.”






Photo stills from video



Film Photography
Spring 2023 - Summer 2024

Film photography is a passion of mine. I mostly use a 1950’s era manual Zeiss Contessa, but have used other film cameras in the past. This work mostly tries to bring out colors and moods moreso than my other work in photography and videography. Most of my film photography is done in travel, which is why these sections are broken up into times and locations. 

Shoes hang on a line above a street in Montmartre in Paris. Photo taken June 1.
Moise Kouame, 15, serves a tennis ball at French Open in Roland Garros, Paris. Photo taken June 6.
Max and Elizabeth Giordano watch tennis at French Open in Roland Garros, Paris. Photo taken June 6.
The Thinker by Auguste Rodin sits in the  Musée Rodin behind flowers and trees. Photo taken June 4.
View of the Mediterranean Sea, mountains, and downtown Marseille from the Roucas Blanc in Marseille, France. Photo taken June 2.
View of the Mediterranean Sea and the side of a terracotta topped house in the Roucas Blanc in Marseille, France. Photo taken June 2.
Paris and Marseille, France - June 1st-6th, 2024


Photos taken on manual Zeiss Contessa on expired Seattle Filmworks film.


New York, New York - March 24-26th, 2024



Photos taken on manual Zeiss Contessa on 400 ISO Canon Film.
A graffiti-tagged pole stands in Soho, New York. Photo taken March 25.
A tree blooms in Elizabeth Street Garden in Soho, New York. Photo taken March 25.
A tagged pole stands in Soho, New York. Photo taken March 25.
A wall stands in Soho, New York. Photo taken March 25.
A budding tree takes in sunlight in Elizabeth Street Garden in Soho, New York. Photo taken March 25.
Cars pass by Han Dynasty Sichuan restaurant on 3rd Avenue, New York. Photo taken March 25.
People walk by a crowded Times Square in New York. Photo taken March 24.
Geese sit in a pond in Morningside Park in Morningside Heights, New York. Photo taken March 26.
Cars drive by St. Nicholas Park in Harlem, New York. Photo taken March 26.


Webster Groves, Missouri - April-June 2023

 Photos taken on April 3rd on Canon EOS 500 N film camera.
A cart of flowers stands in Maypop Coffee and Garden Shop in Webster Groves. Photo taken June 13, 2023.
Cacti sit in Maypop greenhouse. Photo taken June 13.
Environmental science major Davis Giordano checks an information tag on a cactus in Maypop. Photo taken June 13.
Agriculture major Kyra Collins reads a plant tag while holding a drink from Maypop in Webster Groves. Photo taken June 13.
A hanging plant takes in sun on the front porch of a house in Webster Groves.
Max Giordano eats mint chocolate chip ice cream on a porch. His brother behind him, Davis Giordano, checks his phone behind. 
Gillian O’Niell, Evelyn Linck, and Solia Simpson look at a stream of water below them in Larson Park. Photo taken April 14.
A cherry blossom blooms in Larson Park. Photo taken April 14.
A stream flows in Larson Park in Webster Groves. Photo taken April 14.
Plant hangers sit in Rolling Ridge Nursery. Photo taken June 13.
View of the Rolling Ridge Nursery greenhouse through an opening in the wall on the other side of the shop. Photo taken June 13.

View of the gloomy Montreal skyline from La Grande Roue de Montréal.
La Grande Roue de Montréal sits below a gray April sky.
A man looks down the street in Old Montréal.
Cars line up on the side of Rue Notre-Dame in Montréal.
People walk down Rue Notre-Dame in Montréal.
The Ring sculpture captures the view of a busy street and Mount Royal behind it. 
People walk below The Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.
Statues surround the exterior of Marie-Reine-Du-Monde cathedral in Montréal. 
Sir John A. Macdonald monument stands without statue in Place Du Canada. 
View of The Ring sculpture from McGill College Avenue.
 Montréal, Canada - April 3rd, 2023

Photos taken on April 3rd on Canon EOS 500 N film camera.

Students and teachers stand in Penn Station as a cleaning cart zooms by. Photo taken March 21.
Aircraft marshaller guides Southwest plane out of LaGuardia Airport. Photo taken March 21.
A basketball hoop sits in front of wintry trees. Photo taken March 16.
Jack Eveker takes a photo at Gutenberg playground in Hell’s Kitchen. Photo taken March 18.
View from below: air conditioning units line the side of a school building in Hell’s Kitchen. Photo taken March 18.
People find their seats in Walter Kerr Theatre ahead of a Hadestown musical performance. Photo taken March 18.
View of Manhattan from the top of the Rockefeller Center. Photo taken March 19.
People walk along a busy Brooklyn Bridge. Photo taken March 20.
A lock with Mandarin characters on it sits on a pole on the Brooklyn Bridge. Photo taken March 20.
Red cars drive by a busy Chinatown street. Photo taken March 18. 
Students gather around the table at Italian restaurant Morandi in Greenwich Village. Photo taken March 20.
A light flashes between students and teachers in Penn Station. Photo taken March 21.
New York, New York
March 16th-21st, 2023

Photos taken on manual Zeiss Contessa on 400 ISO Canon film.







An Ode To Apples
February 11th, 2024

A short video poem written about apples and the obsession our culture has with them. I made this video focusing on short cinematography. This was also my first time utilizing caption graphics in video editing. 

Ode to Apples

 “Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about apples. I’m not exactly sure what about them captivates me, but I haven’t been able to shake the obsession with apples our culture seems to have.  Original sin is Eve biting the apple from the tree of knowledge, and villains are portrayed holding apples. Think about snow white, hunger games, harry potter, and there are other examples. But still, apples are viewed in opposite ways too. An apple a day keeps the doctor away, is what they say. Are we villains, or sinful for eating healthy fruit? I guess it doesn’t stimulate the pharmaceutical industry to eat apples in that case.”






Photo stills from video