Hey there, thanks for visiting. I’m Nic. I’m a portrait photographer from the Midwest drawn to transformation, tension, and the often messy beauty of becoming. My work lives in the liminal—where identity shifts, and something raw flickers through. I’m especially interested in the body as archive—the idea that we carry our stories in our skin, that memory lives in movement, scars, posture, and presence. I try to honor that: the way people hold pain, joy, and everything in between, often without saying a word.
My journey has taken me through many landscapes, seasons, and cities, constantly shifting but always searching. That restlessness shows up in my images: an emotional migration, rooted in a deep love for the natural world and the way light spills over skin, water, cities and valleys. I’m pulled toward people like I’m pulled toward the mountains—curious, open, and in awe of what they hold.
What draws me in is genuine presence. The little fractures. The soft, electric hum of someone letting themselves be witnessed. Photography, for me, is how I listen. How I trace what's tender, wild, and quietly brave in the people I meet. It’s how I say: I see you. I’m here too.
Photo taken by my little buddy Edwin.