Bio:

After graduating with a BFA in photography from The Corcoran School of Art, Washington DC, I received my first professional photography assignment in 1995. I went “full time” as a freelance photographer in 1999 and have continued freelancing ever since. I gradually built-up clients creating work for magazines, in-house agencies, educational institutions, and design firms with specialties in environmental portraiture, light painting, social documentary work, and landscape photography. In 2001 I completed my Master of Fine Art degree at Radford University.

My origins are in analog photography, and as such, I continue to experiment with alchemy and archival printing. I am currently working on bromoil printing, a tactile process which involves bleaching silver gelatin prints and coating them in lithography ink. This crafted style of photography cannot be duplicated which in most cases is in stark contrast to digital photography. I have embraced the digital medium for capture, but still hold on to old values when it comes to the art object, final presentation, and making custom built frames and light boxes.

In addition to the photography business, I am currently the Visiting Assistant Professor of Photography at Hollins University in Roanoke Virginia.