What's good, I'm Derrick.

The question that drives my work: what's worth paying attention to before it disappears?

My work serves as a reflection for the most resonant parts of someone's story, helping them share that with those who resonate with them. I use video, photography, writing, and audio to do that, but the medium is always secondary to the relationship. Every project starts with listening. Not interviewing, not briefing. Listening. Understanding why someone does what they do, what it costs them, and what it gives back. The work comes from that conversation.

I believe less in perfection and more in presence. Less "content," more connection. The most meaningful stories happen in process, in the quiet moments between milestones. That's where I like to be.

Which is why I started Archival Live.

Archival Live is a documentary studio focused on the people, brands, and spaces shaping culture from the inside. Makers, artists, builders, small business owners, community spaces. Mostly in the Bay Area, where I'm from, and where things worth preserving are disappearing faster than anyone can document them.