In calculated performances that intersect with photography’s documentary potential, I explore ephemeral occurrences. Making such humble events happen is alchemy of sorts, the transformation of the mundane into the poignant. Within the constructed images, I reposition specific celebratory iconography to create minor spectacles. My process requires detailed and elaborate production outside the photographic frame so that what appears within the frame implies simplicity and straightforwardness. It is important to me that these constructions actually exist in the world, if only for the moment in which the photograph is made.

Upcoming Exhibition:

I am honored to be included in the exhibition: If Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Ground at Museum of Contemporary Photography, curated by Sarah Lewis.

Recent Museum Acquisitions:

My work was acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

My piece, Lawn Chair Catapult, was recently purchased by the Worcester Art Museum following the closing of the exhibition: New Terrain: 21st Century Landscape Photography.

The George Eastman Museum has acquired several images following the closing of my solo exhibition, Minor Spectacles.

Recent Group Exhibition:

Rapt in Wonder at Houston Center for Photography

New Terrain: 21st Century Landscape Photography at Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA.

Recent Press:

Virginia Quarterly Review features my work on the cover as well as a portfolio with an article by Paul Reyes.

My work is featured in Art In Culture (South Korea)

Also my my work was recently featured in Le Monde diplomatique (German Edition)

Recent Solo Exhibitions:

Minor Spectacles at CLAMP, New York.

George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY: Minor Spectacles

Talks and Interviews:

Here is a brief interview about the exhibition at George Eastman Museum.

If you want even more here is the full artist talk.

I was interviewed by George Laufenberg for the podcast Principal Uncertainty. We discussed art, parenting, death and dying and the game of Go amongst other things.

Games have always been important to me and over the course of my career I have come to view my art practice as a game of sorts. Here is a piece about me playing bocce ball through the winters in Maine on Weekend All Things Considered produced by Kerry Seed.