Biography
I was born in 1976 and grew up in both Sanderson, Texas and Dallas, Texas. I studied art and photography at the University of North Texas. While living in Fayetteville, Arkansas (1997-2001) I began working in photo labs, which allowed me the opportunity to experiment with old cameras and develop my own film. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2001 and became a photo lab manager. In 2003, I visited the abandoned (now demolished) Dixmont State Hospital, also known as the Western Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane. This experience intensified my lifelong fascination with historic architecture and my desire to use photography as an act of documentation and preservation.
I'm currently based in Louisville, Kentucky, home to the largest historic preservation district solely featuring Victorian homes and buildings in the United States.
I have been shooting for Airbnb since 2012 and I started my own business in 2017.
My photography has appeared in publications such as:
Conde Nast Traveler, Southern Living, Oxford American, This Old House, Apartment Therapy, and The Courier Journal.
Print & Online Publications
- KMAC Contemporary Art Museum Triennial: Divided We Fall Catalog (2022)
- Conde Nast Traveler, "The Coolest Airbnb in Every State (Dec. 2021)
- ARCHITECT Magazine, "New Safe Harbors for HUD's Fair Housing Act" (Feb. 2021)
- Apartment Therapy House Tour, "A Sprawling 132-Year-Old Renovated Victorian..." (Sept. 2019)
- BBC News Stories, "The 13-year-old boy who stole a bus to help his family" (Nov. 2017)
- COLUMBIA: The Magazine of Northwest History (vol. 23, no. 4)
- Photographer's Forum, Best of Photography (2008)
- Oxford American, Best of the South (Summer 2008, no. 61)
- This Old House, Save This Old House Feature (Nov. 2007)
- Photographer's Forum, Best of Photography (2007)
- The Sun Magazine, Front Cover (Feb. 2007, no. 374)
- The Ontario Review, Featured Portfolio & Front Cover (Fall/Winter 2005-06)
- The Kenyon Review, Front Cover (Winter 2004)
- The Sun (Aug. 2003)
- Clamor Magazine (2002)
- Exposure Magazine, University of Arkansas Literary Press (2002)
- Photographer's Forum, Best of College Photography (1996)
Group & Juried Exhibitions
- 2021 Camera Work: Landscape and Architecture, Black Box Gallery (Portland, Oregon)
- 2018 On Street Photography, First Light Gallery (Louisville, Kentucky)
- 2017 Photo Shoot, Black Box Gallery (Portland, Oregon)
- 2012 Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition, The Borges Cultural Center (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- 2009 Photowork, Barrett Art Center (Poughkeepsie, New York)
- 2008 Shelter, 23 Sandy Gallery (Portland, Oregon)
- 2008 International Exhibition, The Center for Fine Art Photography (Fort Collins, Colorado)
- 2008 Bluegrass Biennial, Claypool-Young Art Gallery (Morehead State University, Kentucky)
- 2008 Trick of the Light, Manifest Gallery (Cincinnati, Ohio)
- 2004 Silver Eye Center For Photography (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
- 2003 Sacred Art Festival, Boxheart Gallery (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
- 2002 3rd Annual Anniversary, Boxheart Gallery (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Awards
- Finalist (Architecture & Interiors), Julia Margaret Cameron Award 2018
- Finalist (Cityscapes), Julia Margaret Cameron Award 2018
- 1st Place (Architecture & Interiors), Julia Margaret Cameron Award 2010
- Honorable Mention (Fine Art), Julia Margaret Cameron Award 2010
- Honorable Mention, Photowork '09
- Honorable Mention, Photographer's Forum, Best of Photography 2008
- 1st Place (People's Choice) PX3 Prix De La Photographie 2008
- Honorable Mention (Fine Art) PX3 Prix De La Photographie 2008
- Honorable Mention, American Institute of Architects / Central Kentucky Chapter Photo Contest 2007
- Individual Artist's Grant Recipient 2006, The Kentucky Foundation for Women
- Honorable Mention, Photographer's Forum, Best of Photography 2003