I was born in 1976 in Southwest Texas and raised in Dallas, Texas. I'm currently based in Louisville, Kentucky.
Modern Ruins is an ongoing series dedicated to documenting abandoned historic architecture. These images are a meditation on preservation, historical aesthetics and the relationship between social change and our built environments. The majority of these photographs were taken with medium format film using vintage TLR (twin-lens reflex) cameras.
Night Work also features medium format film photography. Panoramics include images made with either a Holga Wide Angle pinhole or a Widelux F7.
I currently work as a professional real estate photographer and have been a contract photographer for Airbnb since 2012.
Selected Group and Juried Exhibitions
- 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)
Publications
- 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 Magazine, Best of the South (Summer 2008, no. 61)
- This Old House Magazine, 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 Magazine (Aug. 2003)
- Clamor Magazine (2002)
- Exposure Magazine, University of Arkansas Literary Press (2002)
- Photographer's Forum, Best of College Photography (1996)
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