Stephan Twist Gallery

Power moves through us—sometimes as a quiet undercurrent, other times like a forceful tide. It stretches our boundaries, shapes perception, and leaves its mark on our inner lives and the stories we tell. These stories—personal and collective—become mirrors, places where we recognize ourselves, even in the unfamiliar. My work distills these moments into visual experiences, blending raw emotion with the craft of analog photography. Each image becomes a portal into a space where reality, imagination, and spiritual inquiry coexist.

I work exclusively with analog photography, using historic processes like silver gelatin, cyanotype, glass plate collodion, and platinum palladium. Each has its own material language—whether it’s the tonal richness of silver, the deep blues of iron salts, the spectral quality of collodion, or the subtle depth of platinum. This is a deliberate commitment to slowness, imperfection, and the unpredictability of hand-made image-making. Each print is a tactile object and a vessel of meaning—requiring not just technique, but patience, presence, and care.

Why Your Support Matters

Your support sustains this work—covering film, chemistry, paper, and the tools that keep these historic processes alive. It also helps bring the work to national and international exhibitions, connecting it to broader artistic conversations. Every donation helps keep this dual path alive: creating meaningful, reflective art while empowering young people to find their own visual voices.