Trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle without knowing the final image can be disorienting. That sense of uncertainty lies at the heart of Gestalt, a concept of visual perception that explains how we instinctively organize chaos into patterns, seeking meaning in fragmented pieces. It reminds us that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

In this body of work, photographs of multiple exposures are broken apart, disrupted, and reassembled. The result is a deliberate disarrangement of misaligned fragments in which layers collide, and familiar forms become unfamiliar. As the pieces come together, they create something entirely new. These compositions resist clarity, generating visual tension that invites the viewer to reconstruct, interpret, and find meaning. Through this process of deconstruction and reshaping, I challenge perception itself.  

Architecture embodies the complex nature of human involvement in the form of emotion, creativity, investment and time. Throughout my many travels, I have found architecture is a true reflection of a place’s culture and heritage. Built structures, central elements of the urban landscape, usually arrive with great fanfare but eventually fade into the visual white noise of everyday life.

I photograph bridges because I find them compelling. They possess both practical and visual appeal. Practical because they facilitate our movement and allow us to overcome obstacles, and visually attractive due to their individuality, complexity and juxtaposition to the surrounding urban or natural landscape. Some bridges have magnificent visual impact while others are subtle in their charm. Each bridge, large or small, concrete, steel or wood has its own style and personality. Their textures vary from smooth and sleek, to rusted, distressed and tired. Beauty and elegance can be found from the grand arching spans to the small intricate details.

These viaducts and causeways represent human ingenuity, industriousness and triumph. Bridges have psychological significance as well. They symbolize new beginnings, transition, overcoming fear, and farewells.

I present bridges illuminated in the night much like spotlit actors on a darkened stage. They are aglow and freed from the distractions of their mundane urban surroundings. Here, the bridge is no longer part of the background but the focus of our attention.

I grew up watching and playing sports my entire childhood. Having firsthand experience has helped me understand that there is so much that goes into being an athlete. I have an interest in photography and that takes hours of dedication and practice as well. When I had the opportunity to combine sports and photography in high school, I took it. From then on, photographing sports was what I wanted to do.

I noticed that sporting events are focused on action rather than non-action. Some tend to think that action makes the whole game, but I find that it is when the players are warming up, the fans are chanting, and the coaches yelling. Those elements make the game. It creates excitement, frustration, and the uncertainty of what is going to happen next. These are the in-between moments you typically do not see. These photographs share the behind-the-scenes or the ‘outtakes’ of different sporting events.

Come Home:  Since 1995, when my family first arrived from Puerto Rico, our home has been more than just walls—it has been our anchor, a sanctuary of love and belonging. I have always been cradled in its embrace, my childhood room a quiet refuge, my family’s presence a steady rhythm.

Now, as the youngest of three and the first to marry, I am not just leaving a place—I am stepping away from the security we have always known. Our world, just the five of us, has been whole, unbroken. But now, change hums in the air, thick with the quiet grief of parting.bLove remains, yet something shifts, unraveling in the space between my leaving and their staying. And in that space, we all learn to let go.