A beach scene with people enjoying the water and sandy shoreline. Mountains are visible in the background, and several beach chairs and umbrellas are on the sand.

THE VIEWFINDER

Seattle, Washington

2024 - Present

The project was sparked by my interest in capturing snapshots of my life in the Pacific Northwest from a different perspective. These shots range from being in focus to out of focus, drawing the viewer closer to the photograph.

A blurry photograph taken from a moving vehicle showing a colorful sunset sky and a road with distant lights.
Ellensburg, WA
Blurred view of a highway at dusk with streaks of red and white lights from moving vehicles, silhouetted trees and signs against a colorful sky.
View from inside a car on a highway during sunset, with the road ahead and trees in the distance.
View of a city street from inside a car, showing parked cars, leafless trees, pedestrians, and various tall buildings under a clear blue sky
A blurry nighttime city skyline with colorful lights, reflecting on water, and wooden posts in the foreground.
Modern glass skyscrapers in a city skyline during sunset.
Scene from a highway showing a city skyline with containers, cranes, and industrial silos with graffiti, seen through a car window with part of the side mirror visible.
View of a Ferris wheel on a building rooftop near a body of water with trees and a boat in the distance.
View of a mountain, likely Mount Fuji, seen from a moving vehicle window with a clear sky.
Yakima Canyon, WA
View of a highway with a white car driving away, surrounded by green hills and mountains under a cloudy sky.
View of a rural road with a double yellow line, guardrails on the sides, hills with wind turbines in the background, and cloudy sky.
View of a rural road with power lines, trees, and a hillside, seen through a vehicle window.
A large fire burning inside a dark container or pit.
View of a city skyline in the distance seen from a road under construction, with orange traffic cones and roadwork signs in the foreground.
Cityscape viewed from inside a vehicle with a side mirror reflecting a red semi-truck, leafless trees, traffic lights, power lines, and a city skyline in the background.
View from a moving vehicle showing a port with numerous shipping containers stacked, cranes in the background, and a city skyline with tall buildings in the distance.
Black and white aerial photograph of a mountain range with snowy peaks.
Black and white photo of a sky with clouds.
View from an airplane window showing the aircraft's wing and a mountain peak emerging through clouds in the background.
Black and white photo of an airplane wing seen from a window, with cloud cover below and a faint lightning bolt in the distance.
Aerial view of a city landscape with a large body of water and a peninsula, seen from an airplane window with part of the wing visible.
Seattle, WA
A view of a body of water with a distant shoreline and trees under a partly cloudy sky during sunset or sunrise.
Sunset over a lake with a dock and trees on the shoreline.