BIO   |   CV

EDUCATION           

2010      Documentary Photography and Photo Journalism Program, International Center of Photography, New York, NY

2001      BFA, Harrington Institute of Design, Chicago, IL                 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011     Between Waves, House of Kulture / Brooklyn, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011     Through A Lens: Inspiration or Desperation, Coastal Arts League Museum / Half Moon Bay, CA

2011      Portraits,  The Center for Fine Art Photography / Fort Collins, CO

2011      New Directions I Moments of Being, Wall Space Gallery at Angle Gallery / Seattle, WA

2011      New Directions I Moments of Being, Wall Space Gallery / Santa Barbara, CA

2010      New York Photo Festival I Capture Brooklyn, Powerhouse Gallery / Brooklyn, NY

2010      Of Bodies and Other Things, International Center of Photography Education Gallery / New York, NY

2009      Exposed, Salvage One / Chicago, IL

PUBLICATIONS

2012      Identities Now / Peter Hay Halpert Fine Art

2011      The New Breed of Documentary Photographers, Geoffrey Hiller / Verve Photo, May 11

2011      Residue, Secret Islands Private Paths, Through My Window,  Graham Letorney / NYPH11,  April 13

2010      100 Words:  Photographers Speak, Graham Letorney / NPR Picture Show, October 13

2010      The Interview, Yuan Di / Jia Za Zhi, Vol. 44

2010      Community, Christy Karpinski / F-Stop Magazine, Vol. 44

2010      Water, Alison Morley / Shift, Vol. 5                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
GRANTS/AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS

2011      Coastal Arts League, Third Place, Michael H. Kelliutt International Photo Show

2010      The Spotlight Award, Finalist,  Foto Visura

2010      George and Joyce Moss Scholarship for Photojournalism, New York, NY

WORKS                                                                        

Engagement in a long-term photographic examination of the concept of ‘Home’ - a fundamental need that crosses all cultures and generations. Translated specific meanings of ‘Home’ through bodies of work produced in diverse cultural locations.

2010	Brighton Beach, NY Concentration on two distinct generational waves of Ukrainian and Russian immigrants residing on the East Coast of the United States. Produced images depicting the struggle to preserve cultural heritage while adapting to new social environments. The work poses questions of what can be lost in transition and evokes a sense of isolation, confusion, friction, and dislocation.
2008	Cuba Photographed the insular culture of Cuba. With limited options and pervasive government control, ‘Home’ is strictly mandated and time appears to have been frozen. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, there is a unique and passionate sense of belonging based on common experience that spans generations.
2007	Immokalee, Florida  Produced a photo essay on Mexican migrants working on farms.  Portrayed a sense of belonging, warmth and sprit within the community.  Showcased how ‘Home’, regardless of circumstance, is created.
2006	Argentina and Spain Executed a body of work centered on the elderly population struggling to maintain their sense of ‘Home’ in modern cities. Captured subjects in moments where they appear to exist frozen in time and oblivious to the fast-paced, youthful world around them - their sense of home confined to times past.
2003	Ukraine Observations of native culture and personal significance of ‘Home’. The resulting images reflect how choices of migration affect kinship. Focus groups included Ukrainians in their indigenous country, those that immigrated, and the children of immigrants raised with the culture of what their parents remember as ‘Home’.
2002	Japan and Southeast Asia  Explored the idea of ‘Home’ through photographing devotees of the numerous religious faiths and institutions inherent to these counties. With the removal of tangible and external influences, ‘Home’ becomes an almost exclusively spiritual and internal concept.