About

My personal work comes out of a photographic tradition grounded in observation — working with the world as it is, without transforming or directing it. I'm drawn to photographers like Atget and Evans who trusted that clear, unsentimental looking was enough.

I have taught photography at the Academy of Art University since 2008, and have served as a visiting instructor at the Smithsonian Resident Associates and Maine Media Workshops. Over the course of that work, I have authored more than a dozen college-level courses in photography.

For many years, I focused most of my creative energy on teaching and raising my family. Those years shaped how I see — what I value, and what I expect from a photograph. The work on this site comes out of that formation