1979 - 1997 - Greater Chicagoland Area - growing, climbing, Living and working up and down California since 1997.
Blending influences from cinema, literature, and street photography, my productions often focus around a single, wide image of a distinct location, telling stories of multiple characters in a single frame.
While large scale, Tableaux Vivants have become a cornerstone in my approach, I continue to apply the narrative tradition to a range of applications in portraiture and motion pictures.
Awards TIME Magazine / ASMP, 1st Place, Series, 2024
PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris, Advertising, 2024
refocus Awards, Bronze, Conceptual, 2023
American Photography 39, Chosen Winner, 2023
APA San Francisco, Something Personal, Judge's Favorite, Spring 2023
APA San Francisco, Something Personal, Judge's Favorite, Fall 2023
American Photography 38, Selected Winner, 2022
Rangefinder Magazine, Grand Prize Winner, Photography Awards, 2018
American Photography 34 - Chosen Archive, 2018
Creative Review Photography Annual, 2015
PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris, Portraiture, 2nd Place, 2014
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Portraiture, 2014
PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris, Press, Third Place, 2014
PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris, Advertising, 2nd Place, 2013
American Photography 29 - Chosen Archive, 2013
PDN, Objects of Desire, 1st Place, 2012
PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris, Portrait, Gold Award, 2012
PDN 30, Nominee, 2009, 2010
Magenta Flash Forward, Emerging Photographers, 2009
PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris, Discovery of the Year, 1st place Fine Art, 2008
PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris, Advertising, Self Promotion, 3rd Place, 2008
PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris, Fine Art, Other, 3rd Place, 2008
Digital Photo Pro Magazine, Epson Competition, 1st Place Fine Art, 2008
Art Director's Club, Young Guns 6, 2008
PDN, Pix Digital Imaging, 2008
PDN, Faces Competition, 2008
Smashbox Studios, Face Off, 2nd Place, 2007
Smashbox Studios, Face Off, Creative Award, 2006
