Rattler

Came across this unhappy guy while enjoying an afternoon at Viestenz-Smith Park in the Big Thompson Canyon just west of Loveland, CO. 

4th in NYC

Twin Peaks

The Rockies have always inspired me and most certainly my work. There is nothing quite like a Colorado Sunset in Summer.

Peony

Rose

Poppy

NYC

Istanbul

I visited Istanbul on a trip to Turkey last month. The weather wasn't so nice to us and we only got to cover a small portion of the city in those four days. Here is a look at some of the photographs.

 

 

Camera Club of New York Workspace Fellowship

I recently received a Darkroom Fellowship at CCNY for my work entitled David and Gabriel.

The Camera Club of New York Workspace Fellowships are offered to nominated photographers based on both need and merit and provide unlimited free access to CCNY's facilities, its darkrooms, shooting studio, and digital workstations for a period of six months. The CCNY Workspace Fellowships are designed to encourage emerging artists in the production of their work and to help them sustain a serious commitment to their practice. Workspace Fellows are nominated by photo professionals who, through teaching or other contact, have knowledge of the large pool of NYC emerging photographers who need support.

Cameraclubny.org

David and Gabriel

Couples Portraits

I was going through my hard drive last night and I came across a series of photographs that always make me smile. In 2009 I took a break from SVA and spent a semester studying in Switzerland at L'Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne. Our class was required to complete a two week long workshop during the semester. Within that week we had to realize a project from concept to final product by Thursday and critique the work on Friday. 

For this particular workshop I partnered up with the lovely Carolina Grillet to realize our couple portraits. In the beginning we started discussing ideas about family portraiture and how it played a role in American culture. We drew inspiration from American portrait studios and decided to place ourselves into the images as a pair of subjects. Each couple has its unique dynamic that comes to life through body language, expression, and clothing. We knew fashion was going to be an important factor for the images, thus leading us on a thrift store shopping spree. Did anyone know that Switzerland had a Salvation Army too? In fact, Switzerland has some of the best finds when it comes to thrifting. Once we had the concept and clothing chosen, we carefully put together our characters for each couple. 

I like the idea of becoming a different character and embodying different  attributes to obtain that perception as if I were someone else. This project really inspired my Glasses series that I continue to photograph. Hope you enjoy. 

Loveland, CO 2010

Glasses

 My obsession with different types of glasses.