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D I R E C T O R
Name of the Father (Feature Documentary 2023)
A filmmaker ferries us along a self-reflexive search for her biological roots, weaving a cinematic dreamscape of intimate storytelling. After a lifetime of separation, her birth parents are reunited across oceans by the infant they surrendered. Jerome Foundation NYC Film Grant Finalist; International Documentary Association DCTV WIP selection; PDN Photo Annual Multimedia Winner (teaser) and Visura First Place Finalist Multimedia Winner (teaser); select photographs were included in the New York and the Seoul Photo Festivals and were recognized by International Photo Awards in Photo Essay, Moving Image, and Deeper Perspective categories.
BOUND: The Corporeal Pleasure
Forthcoming monograph and multimedia installation examining limitation that provides for expansion outwards, but is always bound to tangible, bodily origins. Select images were included in the New York Photo Festival and exhibited at Baxter Street Gallery
[DE]COMPOS[ED] (Artist Book 2015, 7x7, 50 plates) Images explore the systems and boundaries between binaries (text/image, conscious/unconscious, corporeal/spiritual, material/intangible) and focus on the points at which these constructs converge, invert, subvert and decompose. IPA/Lucie 2nd place Self-Published Book and Honorable Mention in six categories: Book, Fine Art, Nude, Collage, Abstract, Still Life. Select images were included in Klompching Gallery's FRESH and Baxter Street Gallery exhibits.
ENDURANCE (powerHouse Books 2010, 8.5x11, 155 plates)
Award-winning monograph offers embedded access and a scope that spans three years of off-road racing: a dangerous enterprise populated with a colorful, profane cast of daredevils. Selected as a PDN Annual Winner (Book, Lifestyle, Documentary, Sports) and IPA/Lucie (Portraiture, Lifestyle, Documentary).
HOW Art + Literary Journal
Creative Director and Contributing Artist to this Bi-Annual publication, featuring emerging and established literary and visual artists. Co-director for the benefit art auction and publication launch, representing over 30 artists.
P R O D U C E R
IM Stunts, Co-Owner / Producer: DGA/SAG-AFTRA production company providing 2nd Unit Directing, Stunt Coordination and Stunt Actors for Film and TV, including: Wolf of Wall Street, The Departed, Shutter Island, IM Legend, Moonrise Kingdom, True Grit, Noah, Batman, Spiderman, The Bourne series, The Americans, and Happy.
Photography Producer: Allure, Annie Leibovitz, Art Department, Calvin Klein, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Mark Mann, McGarry-Bowen, Men’s Health, Picture Ray, Ralph Lauren, SONY, William Wegman
P H O T O G R A P H E R
BUST, Harper Collins, HOW Art + Literary Journal, Men’s Health, Nickelodeon, powerHouse Magazine, Travel + Leisure, WWD
A W A R D S & S E L E C T I O N S
2019
International Documentary Association / DCTV NYC WIP Selection
Jerome Foundation: NYC Film Production FinalistInternational Photo Awards: Street Photography
International Photo Awards: Portraiture
2017
MANIFEST INDA 17 International Drawing Annual
2016
International Photo Awards: Multimedia
PDN Annual Multimedia Winner
Visura: Multimedia Grant2015
PDN 30 Photographers to Watch Nomination
New York Photo Festival: The Last Picture Show Documentary Winner
Seoul International Photo Festival: Documentary Winner
Klompching Gallery: FRESH Finalist
International Photo Awards: Self Published Book Winner
International Photo Awards: Fine Art
International Photo Awards: Abstract
International Photo Awards: Collage
International Photo Awards: Still Life
International Photo Awards: Nudes
International Photo Awards: Portrait
International Photo Awards: Culture
International Photo Awards: Photo Essay
International Photo Awards: Moving Image
International Photo Awards: Deeper Perspective
2014
International Photo Awards: Book
International Photo Awards: Lifestyle
International Photo Awards: Portraiture
New York Photo Festival: Photo World Finalist
New York Photo Festival: RESOLUTION Finalist
PDN Faces Animal Portraiture Winner
PDN Faces Environmental Portraiture Winner
PDN The Shot Sports Photography Winner
2010
PDN Annual Photo Book Winner
PDN Annual Documentary Winner
PDN Annual Sports Photography Winner
F E L L O W S H I P S + S P O N S O R S H I P S
The European Graduate School Teaching Assistant
Bard-ICP MFA Director's Scholarship
Adorama Equipment Sponsorship
ROOT Brooklyn Equipment Sponsorship
Sojourner Truth Graduate Fellowship
Boston University, College of Fine Arts Merit Scholarship
E X H I B I T S
MANIFEST Gallery; Cincinnati, OH: INDA 17 - International Drawing Annual 2017
Baxter St / Camera Club of New York; New York, NY: Everything That Gathers Blows Away 2016
New York Photo Festival; Brooklyn, NY: The Last Picture Show 2015
Seoul International Photo Festival; Seoul, Korea: 2015
Klompching Gallery; Brooklyn, NY: FRESH 2015 Finalist 2015
Gallery Sensei; New York, NY: Daydream Freak Out 2015
International Center of Photography; New York, NY: [in]flux 2015
New York Photo Festival; Brooklyn, NY: Photo World 2014
New York Photo Festival; Brooklyn, NY: RESOLUTION 2014
powerHouse Arena; Brooklyn, NY: Solo Show, Endurance 2009
powerHouse Arena; Brooklyn, NY: The Hustle 2008
State University of New York; Poughkeepsie, NY: Solo Show, 2000
State University of New York; Poughkeepsie, NY: Solo Show, SEAM 1999
E D U C A T O R
The European Graduate School, PhD Teaching Assistant: Jean-Luc Nancy & Claire Denis, Looking into the Darkness
The European Graduate School, PhD Teaching Assistant: Alfredo Jaar, Public Interventions
School of Visual Arts, MFA Visiting Artist: Michael Foley, Professional Practice
State University of New York, BFA Adjunct Professor: Instructor of courses in Photography, Design, and Advanced Figure Drawing
TFA at NYU: Designed, developed, acquired funding for, and directed a photography program for NYC at-risk youth. The three month long program featured a residency in Upstate, NY, where the students developed a photography portfolio.
Ansel Adams Center / Friends of Photography, Outreach Coordinator and Co-coordinator of Workshops: Coordinated a 20-person team of instructors and volunteers; program development; production; instruction + training. Acted as liaison between artists, artist’s reps, galleries and the museum under the direction of Andy Grundberg. Artists Include: Diane Arbus, Tina Barney, James Casebere, Albert Chong, Larry Fink, Nan Goldin, Dorothea Lang, Duane Michaels, Irving Penn, Lucas Samaris, Cindy Sherman....
Expedition 360, Photo Exchange Program Director: Designed, developed, acquired funding for, and directed The Global Photo Exchange program in conjunction with Expedition 360, the first human powered circumnavigation of the globe. Biked and kayaked as an expedition team member and distributed Holgas to children in Mexico. The film was processed and printed by photography students in New York City and exhibited at the San Francisco Public Library.
The Richmond Art Center: Designed, developed, acquired funding for, and directed a photography program for Bay Area at-risk youth. The program was put in place as an alternative to the prison system.
E D U C A T I O N
The European Graduate School, PhD abd: (4.0) Philosophy, Art, Critical Thought; Judith Butler, Supervisor
ICP-Bard, MFA (1 year) Photo/Video: Summa Cum Laude (4.0); Director's Scholarship
SUNY New Paltz, MFA (1 year) Digital Media: Sojourner Truth Graduate Fellowship
Boston University, BFA Sculpture, Photography: Cum Laude; Academic Merit Scholarship