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Spain
Making photographs has always been the way in which I can blend all my interests together in the best way — history, art history, architecture, anthropology, color, culture, all layered into a single frame. It’s the one place I can pay attention to how humans move through space, how buildings guide us, how light changes…
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Sisters in Suburbia
This 4th of July, Jill and Virginia—two farm-raised dynamos from just outside Ames, Iowa—set off on their annual getaway to the glamorous Big City. With purses stuffed full of Kleenex and Werther’s Originals, and brimming with confidence only a lifetime of 4H ribbons can bring, they hit the town in search of that star-spangled sparkle.…
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Bleach & Birds: A Tale of Two Approaches
At the start of the year, I made a promise to myself: embrace new challenges and push beyond my comfort zone. One of my most recent projects put that commitment to the test, expanding my skills in CGI and redefining how I approach storytelling through photography. Mob Wife: A CGI-Infused Mock Campaign The concept for…
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Case Study: Keeping Up With The Joneses
What do you get when you take an idiom and add a metaphor? The result is a visual cautionary tale about the perils of “Keeping Up With The Joneses.” This personal project has been simmering in my mind for quite some time, and I’m thrilled with how it finally came together. I aimed to blend…
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Blown Away
I first encountered Andi Kovel on Netflix’s “Blown Away” series, a reality competition show where she and 9 other artists introduced me to the amazing world of glass blowing. A fellow East Coaster turned Portland transplant, I felt an immediate connection to Andi—and not just because of our shared geographical roots, but also our love…
Art On The Precipice 