Small Scale Fabricated Photography, Toy Photography History, Art Creation Musings
2017 has almost come to an end. One of the quickest years of my life, but then I say that every year... January I turned 26, officially transitioning into the last year of my 'mid 20s.' I created my series Monochopis. February I started writing for toyphotographers.com. My work was in Exclu issue 3. I... Continue Reading →
Hi everyone, This update has been on the back burner for some time, but I need to get a few quick notes out into the interweb particles. 2017 has been a year of artistic reflection for me. First, and most noticeably I imagine, I changed the name of which I go by artistically. Originally, since... Continue Reading →
So some exciting things have been happening lately in regards to my images elsewhere on the web. First up. I occasionally participate in Ted Forbe's photo assignments (you should too). And to my delight, one of my photos was chosen to be featured for Photo Assignment #12. Find me at 2:03. The image featured in... Continue Reading →
Rethinking, restructuring... I've been in a transitional period with my art. Truly figuring out what I want to create and why and how I want to be perceived as an artist. Because of this you will have seen differences in the look of my site and blog and how active I've been on social media,... Continue Reading →
I tend to create solemn photos and within them an individual figure comes to represent either lonliness, or a solitary journey. This doesn’t mean, in the whole scheme of things that the figure is in life alone, but for this moment, when we see inside their head, they’re on a philosophical path that they must... Continue Reading →
I shot my first toy photos 9 years ago. I was 17, in Ms. Jen's 11th grade English class, and chose to illustrate scenes of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying from a list of project options. I really knew nothing about photography, but was slowly discovering that I liked it. I outlined a few... Continue Reading →
This is the story of the toy photo that set me on my path. From this photo, I never looked back. This, is my one photo that changed it all. The longer it’s been since I made my college narrative project, the more I realize how defining it has been to my future photos. The... Continue Reading →
Google image search 'idea journaling' and you get beautiful pages full of neat handwriting, perfect sketches, scrapbook paper and washi tape. I keep an idea journal. Mine is not beautiful. My journal (or should I say journals, because I constantly start new ones before old ones are full) is messy - scrawled script, scribbled pictures... Continue Reading →