My photography is an improvisation, performed in long hours of wandering the New York City streets on foot, guided by the scent of great human character and fragility, poetic physical gestures of emotion or energy, explosions of life force, and human interactions which imply uncertain stories when stopped in time. The resulting black and white pictures intentionally leave unanswered questions in the mind, and provide me with a venue for healing my long-felt sense of separation from others, the feeling of being apart, rather than a part. I am always seeking to discover my nature by seeing myself in my subjects, and likewise, seeing them in me. My stream-of-consciousness approach embraces both street photography and personal documentary, enabling me to realize my lifelong dream of erasing all separation between my art-making life and the rest of my life. I received my MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College in 2019.
Solo Exhibitions
Street Record - Prospect Range Gallery, Brooklyn, NY—December 2017
Group Exhibitions & Awards
Contact Gallery, Summer Open Show, Brooklyn, NY––July 2019
Loosen Art, “Bodies in Movement,” Rome, Italy & Los Angeles, CA––Feb 2019
Goddard College, "Humans Against Music," Fall '18 Art Crawl—August 2018
Coney Island, (jurors R. Kopstein & L. Welles) Charles P. Sifton Gallery, Brooklyn NY—June 2018
The Art of Street Photography, Powerscourt Centre, Dublin, Ireland—June 2018
SxSE Gallery, "Dogs & Children," (juror David Carol) Molena, GA—July 2018
Goddard College, "New Work," Fall '17 Art Crawl—August 2017
Soho Photo Gallery, Nat'l Competition, (juror Aline Smithson) Honorable Mention—July 2017
Goddard College, "Inauguration Week," Spring '17 Art Crawl—February 2017
Umbrella Arts, Family, New York, NY—February 2017
Multiple Exposures Gallery, Photo '16, (juror Sam Abel) Alexandria, VA—October 2016
RayKo Photo Center, "With Our Own Eyes," San Francisco, CA—August 2016
Center for Fine Art Photography, "Night." (juror Sean Corcoran) Ft Collins, CO—June 2016
APA San Diego Untitled 2015, 3rdSpace, San Diego, CA —Sept 2015
Michael Phipps Gallery, The Coloring Book, Omaha, NE —June 2014
Seities Gallery, Theme: Streets, Calgary, Canada —March 2014
The National, Brighton Beach Pictured, (juror Ellen Wallenstein) Brooklyn, NY —Jan 2014
Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Mobile Magic II, (juror David Carol) Astoria, OR — Sept 2013
Miami Street Photography Festival, Miami, FL — Dec 2012
1650 Gallery, Get Real: Street & Documentary Photography, Los Angeles, CA — Nov 2012
Honorable Mention, Street Photography Contest, Worldwide Photography Gala Awards — 2012
Winner, "High Line Photography Contest" American Composers Orchestra — 2011
Books
APPARITIONS: New York City Street Photographs, 2013, 58 pages, self-published
UnPresidented: The Inauguration of Donald J. Trump and the People's Response, 2017, Cosmic Smudge
Sculptures a Souhait (Wishful Sculptures), by Cecile Pitois, 2014, archibooks
Periodicals
The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, Downbeat, The New Republic, The Sun, Maxim, Hamburger Eyes, The Wire, Time Out, SF Bay Guardian, Financial Times, Chicago Reader, Jazz Times, Tape Op, High Times, The Mockingbird, Brooklyn Courier, DRUM! Magazine, Health Service Psychology
Online
Huffington Post, Hyperallergic, Gothamist, NPR.org, Brooklyn Vegan, Focus on the Story, Rfotofolio, Le Negatif, Adore Noir, Musee Magazine
Commercial Clients:
Experiments in Opera, Brooks Brothers, Carnegie Hall, Roulette, Bantam Studios, Tri-Centric Foundation, Floating Stone Productions
Teaching & Appearances:
International Center of Photography - Faculty - 2022 to present
StrudelMedia Live - Workshop leader - 2022
New York Institute of Photography Instructor, 2014 to the present
Street Photography curriculum created for the New York Institute of Photography, 2013
Street Photography Workshop, New York University, Nov 2013
Guest Speaker, New York University Global Media Club, April 2015
Open Photography Workshop, New York University Global Media Club, March 2016
Guest Lecturer - SOCAPA Arts Camp - July 2017/2018/2019
Education:
MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts, Goddard College – 2019
above: my photo of Mahmoud Ahmed in the NY Times, July 28th, 2014