When he landed in Houston, something clicked. He saw the city not just as a place to live, but as a living archive. Artists everywhere. Stories on every block. And nobody documenting it the way it deserved. So he started showing up. Cameras in hand, headphones on, listening more than speaking. It wasn’t about building a brand. It was about building a record—capturing this moment in Houston’s creative life before it faded like so many others had. That's when The Houston Collective was born—not from ambition, but from necessity.