Providence

I've officially been a Providence resident for 12 days now. I'm still learning the city and I'm super anxious to get started with new work and grad critiques. Stay tuned for new work and a new series in the next couple of months.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Here is some new work from a trip out to Las Vegas. Long exposures are enjoyable during warm February nights in the desert, enjoy.

Cause everything it must belong somewhere

I wanted to share the news that I will attending the Rhode Island School of Design for my MFA in Photography this fall. I strongly feel that Providence is where I belong and I'm very anxious to start. I also recently moved back to my parents basement in National Park, NJ to save some cash over the summer, before I head up to Rhode Island. I miss Philly already but I'm optimistic about the changes to come.

Atlanta, GA

From looking at my current work, you can quickly understand that I don't take portraits, or even choose to include people in most photographs. But recently I have started to think about some new projects, which would include portraits of people I would meet, possibly beginning to describe the current (failed??) state of the American Dream.

I recently spent 3 days in Atlanta photographing, on the final day I was down to my last 3 sheets of film and I was set to fly back to Philly in a few hours. I told myself that I had to shoot at least one portrait on this trip, so I wandered around downtown Atlanta to a park where people were playing chess, I started a conversation with a guy who was waiting for someone to play.

As I was talking with him, I was thinking, "how can I just come out and ask to photograph him?" He asked if I wanted to play, at first, I said no, then quickly said, "well I'll play, but only if I can take your photo after". He agreed, we played chess for two hours, ended up in a stalemate then walked into the park to take this photo below.

I'm not sure how I feel about this resulting photograph, but I think it is an important stepping stone for future photos.

Appetite: Expressions of the Politics Encircling Food

I had a few pieces from my series American Consumerism, in a group show titled, Appetite: Expressions of the Politics Encircling Food at the Mary Brogan Museum in Tallahassee Florida. Below are a few instillation shots from the show, I was unable to make it down, but I was very happy to included in the exhibition.

8x10

"It describes the world with unparalleled precision; because the necessarily slow, deliberate working method it requires leads to conscious decision making; and because it's the photographic means of communicating what the world looks like in a state of heightened awareness." - Stephen Shore, describing the 8x10 format

I've always had a strong passion for large format and even though I have been shooting 4x5 (the smallest large format) for a few years now, I still yearn for something even better. So basically my night has been spent looking into how much it would cost up upgrade my VX125 to an 8x10.

New work, new music

Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains
And there's no end in sight
I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights

- Arcade Fire

Turnersville, NJ