ABOUT

I have been working in the visual arts professionally for over a decade. My experience is diverse. I have been a photographer, filmmaker, fabricator, and educator. I have been a collaborative partner and diligent worker for universities, theater companies, custom fabrication shops, commercial photography houses, and individuals crafting their living as independent contractors, photographers, and artists. I believe creative labor is the only path towards self-actualization. I actively seek projects and environments that explore production through shared creative experience.

EXPERIENCE

Worked hand in hand with Redmoon artists and makers to document essential fabrication processes, prototyping, and culmination of the first annual Great Chicago Fire Festival. Created comprehensive library of still and motion documentation. 

Responsible for web development and network administration including the creation of Redmoon Visual Resources; a web-based collaborative tool and image repository that established a home for the theater's visual library.

Managed creation and cultivation of visual library built with imagery crowd-sourced from Redmoon staff, interns, and photographers. Imagery was utilized in the design, promotion, and documentation of the festival, as well as establishing a fundamental structure and workflow for a unified visual archive.
 

Responsible for digital capture acquisition, post-processing, archiving, proofing, printing, and client delivery.

Managed product and freelance logistics, set construction and lighting, maintenance of studio equipment, and network administration.
 

Light and capture product imagery for client use. Capture HDR
and 360° spherical images of landscapes and scenes for use in
CGI imagery.  Digital file management in studio and on location.
Experience includes fashion, architecture, food and product.
 

Assist in the fabrication of public sculptures. Maintain studio
equipment. Manage computer systems and web design.

Coordinate exhibition preparation, shipping and handling and
installation of artwork. Assist students, patrons, and visiting
artists. Train and schedule student workers.

Instructed middle school students in fundamental photography and digital processes in summer study experiences.

Created curriculum for course. Developed class exercises, presentations, and course structure.

Explore fundamentals of photography, the camera, and their digital context.

Engaged in daily critique targeted at identification and exploration of visual language as a tool for exploring their own work.

Completed daily campus walkabouts centered on individual questions and direct instruction.

Documentary photography explored though collaboration with neighboring classes. Coordinated visits with classes involved in maker-type projects to give students opportunity to capture key moments in project prototyping and culmination.

Utilized Flickr to have online home for all student work where students explored and discussed each other's work.

Class culminated in field trip to traditional wet darkroom facilities where photograms were used to explore light and shadow and provide context for relationship between analog and digital.

EDUCATION

Kerr Fellow
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

Apple Certified Technician
Certified in Mac OS X core functionality and troubleshooting