Much of my work is a response to nature and the environment, and while continuing to photograph through my attraction towards nature, I have been led into a deeper understanding of the environment and have grown in adoration for the more rural areas I encounter, especially those close to home. Through observing the clashing behaviors and the interactions between developing environments of the suburban and rural community, I have come to realize the encroachment of farmland and open spaces in benefit of the development and expansion of suburban neighborhoods. Submitting to Suburbia investigates this rapidly growing phenomenon.

Within this body of work I explore the interaction and conflict between suburban development and open land. Development eats into open space, and around the world urban growth is removing hundreds and thousands of acres from production a year. Many flee the chaos and compressed living conditions of city life in order to achieve the convenience of private space to call their own, together with the intimacy of the more compact infrastructure that a suburban neighborhood provides, while still wanting the closeness of nature alongside accessibility to all goods and services necessary for their lifestyle. People do and always will continue to jump at the opportunity to own their own piece of land however small, though much of the available land is bought out by corporations for the purpose of establishing new housing developments or even shopping centers, with frequently less character or homogeneous design.