Photographs, footage, and writing from wherever I've happened to be pointed — kept here less like a portfolio, more like a journal I've left open. Dates and places are going in as I dig them up, so some of this is still a little unlabeled. Start wherever you like.
Start with Through My Eyes ↓
The closest thing I have to a diary. Friends, ordinary days, in-between moments — kept here roughly in the order I took them, not sorted by trip or theme, because that's not really how I experience my own life either. Dates and places are informal on purpose — however I actually remembered them.
Olivias Clay Court
Film Photo
Day off in Deer Valley. Left to right: Dylan, Seamus, and Fae. This is a day off.
This was the only time I have driven across the country.
Gap Year Skis
Film Photo
Dylan's mom visited, and we went to Moab.
Maria in front of her childhood home
At the end of the summer of '25 me and Maria went to the scapegoat for a few days. This photo was taken right after getting lost in the middle of a drainage in the wilderness. It was approaching dark, and we had been hiking for days completely alone. We went to check out a lake and saw huge bear tracks. We decided to push on and find a better place to camp, but we couldn't find the trail after a few hours. As the light was almost gone, we decided to split up, and I looked for the trail. I ditched my pack to move faster and set out toward the wall of the ravine. I found the trail shortly thereafter.
Maria took this on my tiny half fraim film camera
This is in Maria's garden.
Drivintg to Utah
Dylan and I had a game where whoever saw a windmill first would win. So, we spent the whole cross-country drive searching for windmills. I took this while she was driving.
I think this is a lake in switzerland.
This is taken on a waterproof disposable camera. Surfing in the winter in Cape Elizabeth. Pictured are Satchel and Owen, I believe.
Left to Right: Will, Owen, Willy, Olivia, Eva, Dylan, and Fay
Late-night spike ball during COVID. The police came and told us to go home
After working on an Oyster farm. I was too dirty to get inside the truck.
My family came to visit me on exchange.
I am riding Bob's board here. I was only able to surf this swell because my morning flight got canceled. I grabbed the board and drove to the beach. Swell was 8 ft or so but i got out the back easy. I sat 30 feet out past the lineup and just took it in. One wave came straight to me and i caught it perfect. I kicked out caught one more and then went in. I look at this moment as Bob saying goodbye.
An impromptu hike with Matt, Finn and Owen
Eno took this photo
Homestay at a mountian
I took a walk and took photos during COVID
COVID walk
Playing with the camera
Top of a mountian
Annas engagment
COVID walk
One of the best ski days of my life. They closed the road after we arrived. Country club.
Caldera
The talking Mountians
Bryan
Luca and Miles
Eliza and Jeremy...
Satchel Swimming in the winter
Bags got lost so could't ski
Maria
Eliza
Maria and Jeremys feet
Owen and Sam
Owen
Baby White Claw
Bryan
Bryan
Fishing. I don't like fishing much. So I honestly was anxious to leave here.
Christmas
I don't know where or when this is
I was proud of this at the time
Our firepit.
Luca, Jeremy and Annie
Jeremy and Luca
This was a house we rented right on the water.
The most breathtaking i have ever seen
Bryan and I got in a huge fight after this. HAHAHA
One of my first times skiing uphill
We did this hike near malibu
This Chute is quite easy, but I was proud of it at the time. Now it's where I take people to get their confidence up. lol
Jeremy eating shit at Palisades.
Bryan was ill here.
Avani, Jeremy and Archy
With Seamus
Covid Walk
Owens House. Early Covid
Filming a lobster commercial.
Eliza, Maria, Adelle
We woke up before school and padded to the fort in the middle of Portland Harbor. It was so foggy you couldn't see anything. We kept hearing foghorns and ships all around us. When we got there, we decided to skip school and wait for the fog to clear to paddle back.
Elizabeth
Inversion
Me and Owen on Kitty
Me and Satchel and Myla stayed up late and talked about driving to MDI instead we got a few hours of sleep and watched the sunrise here.
Babysitting
Satchel
Came here 3 or 4 times on the gap year.
Sickness, Sex, Blood, Tiny Airbnb, Takeout, Tiny TV, 1 Night, Checkered Blanket.
Maria and Eliza
I didn't go on this Kayak
Zach at the top of Hilman's. We skiied it naked after this and he left those baggies in my car for weeks after.
Zach taking a min
Bryan. At the time satchel said this looked like a vans ad.
At Oscars
Jeremy
a drive
Made Coffee at seamus' house
Bryan. He'd Hate this Photo Now
Sam really wanted someone to take this photo for him.
We were all kids at this point
Willy, Sierra, Satchel. We hung out like this from time to time. I didn't go as much as I should.
Our living room. Maria, Adelle, and Jeremy
I love this car
During a turbulent summer before college, helping out on this oyster farm was a nice constant.
Clad in a onesie, Seamus jumps off a cliff with Joaquin watching from above. We joked about doing this naked.
Dylan, Eliza, Satchel, Owen, Mamie, Matinicus. This is my best view of my friends from middle school. This is one of my most cherished pictures. It is impossible to overstate the impact of these people on my life.
Norhtern lights
We brought this branch home for no reason.
Maira
Eliza and Adelle Drinking Absenth
Path OCD from Seamus
The frisbee team camping in a barn
Adelle, Eska, Eliza, Maria, Jeremy
Maria when her hair was pink
Eliza and Matt
Hiking with the family. Our dogs' paws were bleeding and we had to carry them down.
Shooting Lobster Content
Maria
On a night when the rest of Bates was at an event, Maria and I slipped away and played pool with a transgender person.
the top of a hotel
A sheep pic i took for Maria
Taking photos for our website diring covid
Puppy
We took a boat out here, and I was blown away.
Mamie
Lobster boat
We put stuff in a pan to see if it would be good. It was
When it rains and the stops and the sun comes out and sets at the same time
I slept on the porch of Eliza's camp cause it was during COVID. My girlfriend was jealous of this photo.
Owen. We all bought those "Drug Rugs".
The first time I slept over somewhere where my girlfriend was also sleeping. We slept in different rooms.
Elza, Satchel, Seamus, Bryan, Caleb
Bryan
Satchel, Eliza, Olivia, Matt. I will remember scenes like this forever.
Skiing
Aspen is dead now
Satchel Dyed his hear this summer. Well we all did. We tried to be blond. Which, to be fair, I feel like is a universal experience.
Maria was always looking at things. She would sometimes look at me the same way.
Roots
Vinalhaven?
When this was taken, I was thinking about our ship being torpedoed and how the US would respond. I guess it doesn't matter because I would be at the bottom of the ocean. One way or another, I suppose.
Olivias house
Random person. Not Dylan
Before it sinks
Olivia, Sophie, Natsha, Kai
Maria brought this wool a long ways
These boys are very important to me. I miss them all.
My Grandparents used to live here. It was nice. Trains and Deer.
My friends took me here for my birthday. It was a very nice thing to do.
Owen, Olivia, Eliza. I remember wishing I was surfing lol.
Owen and Seamus
We put the dog in a backpack
Camped and skinned. Was very icy.
Dylan Learning to Ski
Weeding.
Weeding more
My friend Ben. We biked and ran a lot. He motivated me.
Eliza and Jeremy
Bridges
Young Jeremy
Flew in at 3am. woke up at five. went to starbucks and fished.
Gulls
Jeremys Pigs
Dad and Butters
Bryan stayed in here for way too long and got sick.
A great city
Maria sorting wool
Skiied here
Skied this
Nice
I was alone here and by driver asked if i was hungry and took me here. Best food of the trip. Pickled pork or something. I had to take a pic, and I am kinda embarrassed by it now.
People bike here but i did not
My host father's car. Last week, he took me for a drive in it. We got ice cream. we were close, him and I.
On a drive with my host dad
Puppies
Maria
Bryan, Hannah, Soren
Ran a half marathon with Matts exchange student. It was fun.
sophie, Olivia, grace, matt
Lucas House. His parents are so nice to me.
My first job. Washing dishes. Not to be that guy but... nevermind
(:
My first instgram post
Meeting butters for the first time
Racing ;)
Brought Soren to an outing
Skated on the marsh
Hitch Hiked the islands
Good Meal
Jumping from high up; Clara
Luca
After the shooting
Good Meal
First time i smoked weed. Dead and Co. With my dad.
I helped with this a little
Miles
Brett, Joint in mouth, unpacks from a canoe race.
Jazz Bar
Katie and Jeremy
Owen eats Kims
Soren and Pepper and the Clark Fork
Tree net we build
hot friends
State Champs (not that i did all that much)
Satchel Showed me how to make Suchi
I lived with these people my last year in college, and it was an incredible year. I am grateful. A very attractive bunch, to say the least. smart too
Pursuing the flow state through motion has been a backbone of my life for as long as I can remember — mostly through skiing, surfing, biking, and climbing. Different in character from Through My Eyes: if that chapter is everyday life, this is the highlight reel.
"To fly down a mountain drawing lines straight out of your imagination, to leave your body as it knows what to do — this is about as close to transcendence as I can get. This is freedom."
Skiing is where I chase the flow state hardest. This is a few minutes from a recent trip out west, plus raw clips and a few other things I've put out into the world — more will land here as I make them.
Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix.
Raw footage, no editing — just clips as I shoot them.
Alta backflip.
POV, dropping in.
A set rolling in.
A few other things I've put out into the world.
Aidan "Blues" Stark-Chessa For Donovan 2026 — Orange Whip, Bates Ultimate
Being put forward for the Donovan Award this year meant a lot — it's a nomination that's as much about how you play with your team as how you play the game. Honored to be considered alongside so many players I respect, and grateful to Orange Whip for putting this together.
Court Container Mocktail
Is it Shotgunnable?
A tart rhubarb tart
It is my wholehearted belief that kindness — compassion and love — is the only force strong enough to save humanity, and it is of the utmost importance to cultivate that virtue in ourselves and in those around us.
I can look at them for hours. Scapes are my favorite thing to artistically interact with, whether through drawing, painting, or — in this case — photography.
I love food. Here are some standouts from over the years.
Building a company, taking photographs, writing when something won't leave me alone. I don't have a singular focus, and I don't really want one.
As a kid I'd lock myself away for hours building entire zoos and cities out of Playmobil, painstakingly, and fly into a panic if anyone touched what I'd made. That impulse never really left — I just traded plastic animals for a company, a camera, and a lot of unfinished essays. I've always been drawn to writing, even without much natural talent for it, mostly because I've always been drawn to stories.
I graduated from Bates College with a degree in Philosophy, a concentration in Religious Studies, and a minor in Rhetoric. During my time there I captained Bates Ultimate's Orange Whip, and I'm endlessly interested in craft, food systems, and collaborative creative spaces.
Honey, lemon, ginger, and gentian bitters — built the same way every batch, without shortcuts. Winner of the Bobcat Ventures Entrepreneurship Competition at Bates College.
Visit drinkhoneysuckle.com Read the Bates News story →Three years building campaigns and content for Get Maine Lobster — a national seafood brand — across TikTok, Instagram, and X, including work that reached far past where I expected it to.
I've spent years behind the bar and on the floor at Street & Company, a high-volume fine dining seafood restaurant in Portland — the kind of place that taught me more about pressure, craft, and teamwork than any classroom.
I served on the board of SafeBAE, a youth-led sexual violence prevention organization, and co-created "The Youth Take" podcast on masculinity and consent through Maine Boys to Men.
My take on Netflix's Adolescence, via Maine Boys to Men →Skiing, surfing, biking, climbing — chasing the flow state has been a backbone of my life for as long as I can remember. I captained Bates Ultimate's Orange Whip.
"I try very hard to never hate, and always forgive. If you take one thing from this site, let it be that we should talk to everyone, and love unconditionally."
Some of it is just me thinking out loud, trying to make sense of the world.
A few weeks ago, I was lying next to my girlfriend. We had gone away for the weekend and were staying by the ocean…
Read the essay →
Each night working at Street & Co. feels as though if there was one less person working there, the restaurant would stop in its tracks…
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You know… the first few years at this school were incredibly anxiety-producing for me…
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Pursuing the flow state through motion has been a backbone of my life for as long as I can remember…
Read the essay →Coverage of the different things I've built and worked on over the years, gathered in one spot.
On Procure Maine, the pandemic-era concierge service I co-founded with two friends at 17.
Read the story →On winning first place and $8,000 at Bates' annual pitch competition for Honeysuckle.
Read the story →Bates' nomination video for the 2026 Donovan Award, ultimate frisbee's top individual honor.
See the feature →My take on the show and what it gets right and wrong, shared through Maine Boys to Men.
See the post →A podcast I came up with and helped launch with the Maine Boys to Men Youth Advisory Council — conversations on expansive masculinity, consent, and violence prevention.