Images from Life

I studied fine art and photography at the Art Institute of Boston in Massachusetts. Traveling across the country and living in Europe has offered me insight in understanding the diversity of other cultures and how to continuously see the new in even that which I'm well acquainted. My photos have been printed in various books and periodicals in Western North Carolina including Mel Bay Publications, The Laurel of Asheville, Asheville Citizen-Times, F-Stop Magazine, Capital at Play, Black Mountain News, and Our State Magazine. My work is also distributed through Getty Images. Venues I've exhibited include The Biltmore Estate; Black Mountain Center for the Arts; The Asheville Art Museum; Asheville Area Arts Council; Southeast Gallery of Photographic Art, Vero Beach, FL; Emporium Center Gallery in Knoxville, TN; CREGS Lens on Gender and Sexuality exhibition, San Francisco, CA; Lenoir-Rhyne University; Asheville Regional Airport; and UNC Asheville where I exhibited a show under the title Urban Photography from the Streets of a Bohemian Mountain Town that explored the diversity and disparities of life in downtown Asheville. I am also member of the f32 Group that helps promote the art and appreciation of photography through lectures and seminars. In 2014 and 2021 I was curator and juror for the 2nd and 9th Annual Knoxville Arts and Alliance Photography Exhibition in Knoxville, TN. In 2021, I was a recipient of the Tzedek Impact Award for my work documenting the diverse cultural makeup of Asheville, NC.

In 2014 I released my first book of street photography entitled Urban Photography From the Streets Of A Bohemian Mountain Town. The book is a photographic journal focusing on the art of performing and living in the heart of downtown Asheville, North Carolina. The collection is available in both a print and ebook edition. In 2018 I released two new books Mind heart and the City and The Last Memory. The books accompanied my exhibition entitled Mind heart and the City that was featured at the Emporium Center Gallery in Knoxville, TN. Mind heart and the City documents downtown Asheville's most recent iteration of gentrification as it strives to maintain the diversity of its bohemian mountain culture. The images reveal a people and culture experiencing a paradigm shift as it transitions into the new millennium. The show is a mix of 50 black and white and color silver gelatin prints captured completely on film shot over a ten year period. Although the use of film is not the main focus the project, my intent was to rediscover the 20th century humanist approach to street photography via the utilization of old manual film cameras to explore and document city life. For information on purchasing copies of any of these books, visit my books page with links that will direct you to a secure site to make purchases. You can also read an interview about my first book in the August 2014 issue of The Laurel of Asheville.

I am currently engaged in editorial, street photography, portraiture, and documentary photography that includes content for publication and prints for exhibition. I am regularly published in The Laurel of Asheville magazine where I have written how-to articles on photography techniques with examples of my work. I have also been a contributing writer for the online publication Emulsive.org.

For information about prints and books, please contact me via email.