Hi, I'm Dan.

I'm a proud university dropout. Ok — I know. What an odd way to start an "About Me" section. Bear with me, and I'll explain.

While in the later years of high school, I found myself in the middle of the beaten path. With my hard worker mentality, I was destined to end up in business school and then a corporate job where I'd probably develop carpal tunnel from the non-stop computer work. But after a short two years in university, I realized it wasn't for me.

Photography quickly became a medium through which I could express myself and figure out what role I play in this world. Life didn't get easier right away though. My struggles with OCD, depression, and borderline personality disorder sent me to a dark place and inevitably culminated in two suicide attempts and an admission to the psych unit. I was drowning.

What I took away from this rollercoaster is that I have high emotions. I feel deep, and I love hard. But I've learned that my creativity helps me understand myself better and manage the ups and downs of life.

Choosing to quit halfway through my degree wasn't easy. But I had to acknowledge that I was starving for creativity. Five years later, I reflect with pride on how 20-year-old me found the courage to forge my own path and write my own story.