CV
Stories
Director/Producer/Writer/Photographer
Hearts on the Ground in collaboration with Mending the Sacred Hoop 2012 - Present
A documentary project that looks at domestic violence from a Native American perspective and places it within a historical context. Currently in Pre-Production.
http://www.HeartsOnTheGround.com
Director/Producer/Writer/Photographer
Diary of a Dream in collaboration with Centro Yanapanakusun & Asuntos del Sur 2011 - Present
Diary of a Dream is a multimedia project currently being finalized by Asuntos Del Sur including documentary shorts, a book and still images. We look at education as a form of aid to marginalized peoples and the harm misguided forms of it can bring to communities. In association with Centro Yanapanaksun and CEDEC.
Photographer
21st Century Cowboy by Ariel Ramchandani for Intelligent Life Magazine 2014
Nestled between the San Juan Range to the east and the Sangre De Christo Mountains to the west lies The Blue Range Ranch and the Whitten family. George Whitten is the original cowboy, born and raised on this land, and Julie's a hippie from California. Once they married George went organic. Holistic land management and humane treatment of their animals are at the forefront of their story. So are the burdens of climate change and drought, and the challenges facing a small, family owned, grass-fed ranch competing with the larger super-ranches.
Photographer
The Old Caribbean by Charles Laurence for Intelligent Life Magazine 2014
Charles Laurence, the author of "The Social Agent†and a former correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, arrived in the Salt Cay in the Turks & Caicos on-assignment and never left. The island is seemingly stuck in a time not our own. Inhabited for salt plantation now long gone, a population of 53 continue to live on. Charles built a house and a boat and has made friends with some extraordinary characters.
Producer/Photographer/Writer
Underground Music 2012
Underground was a multimedia project covered by ABC News which takes an intimate look at the underground music scene in New York city and the role the subway system plays artistically, socially and financially in the lives of musicians. The photography aimed to depict buskers as the artists they are and the subway as their stages, with architectural beauty and powerful acoustics.
Photographer/Writer
Protest 2011
A passion project featuring stylized, high contrast black and white captures, documenting activities in and around Occupy Wall Street and the lives of the 1%. Stories were published weekly on TheMKphotograohyBlog.net.
Photographer/Writer Cuba
Island in the Stream 2004 - 2012
Traveling to Cuba in discord with the United States embargo, documenting an island in the stream of politics, ideologies and imaginations. Capturing the people, lifestyle and essence of the street, which left me with two conflicting spirits: Although Cuba is a country of immense beauty and passion, cultured and proud, it resonates with under tones of a gentle sadness that I cannot overlook. The purpose of the project was to document Cuban life as it had been, to freeze in time a Cuba that was slowly ebbing away. Featured in multiple solo shows, exhibitions and articles. Limited edition prints sold to the fine art world.
Photographer/Writer Haiti
Unbreakable Child under U.N. auspice 2004
"Unbreakable Child†was inspired by five children I met at an orphanage outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti the year Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted from office and shortly after Hurricane Jeanne reaped its destruction. Traveling with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), going on patrol in Port Au Prince with the Brazilian Marines to the pro-Aristide slums of Cite Soléil and Bel Air and flying in a Mi-8 into Gonaïves, and Cap-Haitian, I documented the world around me through still photography and photo journalistic storytelling. This piece was featured in various articles and fundraising exhibitions in support of children’s welfare.
Guest Speaker / Lectures
UC Berkeley 2015 - Panel on Sexual Violence, Racism & Trauma
Rural Sociological Society 2014 - Lecture on Domestic Violence in Native Communities
Riverdale Country School 2014 - Photography as a tool for empowerment
Education
International Center of Photography- Continuing Education Photography & Writing
New York University - B.A. in Psychology and Art history
Santa Monica City College,
References
Upone request