The Mindful Photographer

Imagine yourself, a photographer takes an interest in you, photographs you, relates to you, and you to them. Photographs can be made with healing intention, used to change people, so that neither the photographer or the person being photographed is the same again. 

~ John Diamond, M.D.

I am a therapeutic photographer, teacher, and curator living on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. I began my career assisting the late John Diamond, M.D., a pioneer in the field of holistic healing, who used his experience in medicine, psychiatry, complementary medicine, applied kinesiology, and acupuncture theory to explore how photography and art could help sufferers overcome problems relating to body, mind, and spirit. 

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Inspired by the work of Dr. Diamond, as well as my studies in the USA, Australia, and the U.K. (where I am originally from) in education, arts & health, mindful & therapeutic photography, my approach emphasizes the social, therapeutic, and spiritual value of art making, at the same time helping others share their creative gifts as a form of outreach to the wider community. 

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As an outreach coordinator, photography teacher, and staff photographer for the Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School, I work with students looking to create positive change for themselves and others, such as Island Autism, Penikese Island School, Polly Hill Arboretum, and Island Elderly Housing. During the summer, I join Vineyard Havens as a family liaison and photographer to support their mission of gifting families facing cancer vacations on the island.

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My fine art photographs, represented by Blue Fathom Gallery, are meditational expressions that, as Lyanda Lynn Haupt writes in "Rooted," are open to the truth that something can be made sacred by the attention we grant it. I intentionally focus on developing a sense of wellbeing and kinship through the lens, as well as intuitive and psychic abilities, catalyzing what Joseph Campbell calls "the song of the imagination," something that can relate you to your nature and to the natural world of which you're a part. 

I also photograph for the MV Times, nonprofits, collectives, and families to give attention to the everyday activities that shape our lives. From those moments that reveal something of the human heart and personality to activism, I focus my energy and camera to create positive experiences for those I work with.