Curriculum Vitae
Curatorial ~
- Founding Editor, Catalyst: Interviews, 2018 - present
Editor-in-Chief, Analog Forever Magazine, 2018 - present
- Contributing Editor, Traverse, One Twelve Publishing, 2020 - 2024
- Co-Host, The Diffusion Tapes, podcast, 2022 - present
- Editor, Blur Magazine, 2014 - 2018
- Board Member, APA/LA (American Photographic Artists, Los Angeles) 2006-2016
Nominated 2023 Photo Editor of the Year for Analog Forever Magazine, The Lucie Awards
2024:
- Reviewer, Review Santa Fe, CENTER
- Reviewer, Click! Photo Festival, Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Curator, Lost & Found exhibition, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver
- Juror, Critical Mass, Photolucida
- Juror, Urban 2024 Photo Awards, Trieste Photo Days Festival, Italy
- Reviewer, Annual Online Reviews, Analog Forever Magazine
- Juror, The Analog Forever Exhibition, LightBox Photographic Gallery
- Juror, (S)Light of Hand, Photographer's Eye Gallery, Escondido, CA
- Juror, town & country, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
- Reviewer, Medium Review, Medium Festival of Photography
- Reviewer, New England Portfolio Reviews, Griffin Museum & PRC, Boston
- Juror, #filmisnotdead, Atlanta Photography Group
2023:
- Juror, The 2023 Rfotofolio Call
- Juror, The 2023 Gomma Grant
- Reviewer, Review Santa Fe, CENTER
- Reviewer, Click! Photo Festival, Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Juror, Critical Mass, Photolucida
- Juror, Strange, Weird, & Unique, SE Center for Photography
- Juror, Glitch in the Matrix, Analog Forever Magazine
- Juror, The Analog Forever Exhibition, LightBox Photographic Gallery
- Juror, Urban 2023 Photo Awards, Trieste Photo Days Festival, Italy
- Reviewer, Annual Online Reviews, Analog Forever Magazine
- Reviewer, Month of Photography - Denver, Colorado Photographic Arts Center
- Reviewer, Exposure Reviews, Los Angeles Center of Photography
- Juror, Revela'T Photo Festival Open Call, Barcelona, Spain
- Reviewer, New England Portfolio Reviews, Griffin Museum & PRC, Boston
2022:
- Moderator, The Collaborative Art of Jim McHugh, Prime, & Big Sleeps
- Reviewer, Review Santa Fe, CENTER
- Juror, Time, Analog Forever Magazine
- Juror, Critical Mass, Photolucida
- Reviewer, Annual Online Reviews, Analog Forever Magazine
- Reviewer, ACP Portfolio Reviews, Atlanta Celebrates Photography
- Reviewer, Portfolio Reviews, Photolucida
- Reviewer, New England Portfolio Reviews, Griffin Museum & PRC, Boston
- Reviewer, Exposure Reviews, Los Angeles Center of Photography
2021:
- Juror, unique: alternative processes, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
- Reviewer, Review Santa Fe, CENTER
- Juror, Critical Mass, Photolucida
- Reviewer, Annual Online Reviews, Analog Forever Magazine
- Juror, Relax, Analog Forever Magazine
- Reviewer, Exposure Reviews, Los Angeles Center of Photography
- Juror, Shades of Black & White, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
2020:
- Reviewer, PhotoNOLA
- Juror, Critical Mass, Photolucida
- Reviewer, Annual Online Reviews, Analog Forever Magazine
- Juror, Fantastic Film Show, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
- Juror, Eye of the Beholder, Analog Forever Magazine
- Reviewer, Online Reviews, Los Angeles Center of Photography
- Juror, Internal Dialogue, One Twelve Publishing
- Juror, Better Living Through Chemistry, Fraction Magazine
- Juror, the imperfect lens, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
- Juror, Introspective Matter, L.A. Photo Curator
2019:
- Reviewer, Review Santa Fe, CENTER
- Reviewer, Exposure Reviews, Los Angeles Center of Photography
- Juror, Critical Mass, Photolucida
- Juror, Visual/Audio, Analog Forever Magazine
- Juror, Kolga Award, Kolga Tbilisi Photo Festival
2018:
- Juror, Constructs: Building Images with Instant Film, Analog Forever Magazine
- Juror, Flawed Beings, Light Leaked
- Juror, Critical Mass, Photolucida
- Juror, Our Dramatic Landscape, L.A. Photo Curator
- Reviewer, Santa Monica City College, Santa Monica, CA
2017:
- Juror, Conversation with Light, Pryme Editions, online
- Juror, Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
- Reviewer, College of the Canyons, Los Angeles, CA
- Juror, Black & White (& Blue), Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT
2016:
- Reviewer, College of the Canyons, Los Angeles, CA
- Reviewer, Kolga Tbilisi Photo Festival
2015:
- Juror, Flawed : An Instant Film Exhibition, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
2014:
- Juror, MobileMagic Competition, LightBox Photographic Gallery
Public Collections ~
- Wende Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Lishui Photography Museum, Lishui, China
Selected Solo Exhibitions ~
2018:
Sanctuary, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2016:
- Fractured, Orange Coast College, CA
- Flawed, Downtown Photo Collective, L.A., CA
2015:
- Flawed, Photo Méthode Gallery, Austin, TX
- Vignette, online exhibition, Los Angeles Center of Photography
2014:
- An Enduring Grace, Ignited LA, advertising agency, Los Angeles, CA
- Vignette, online exhibition, Plates to Pixels Gallery
2013:
- Fractured View, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
- An Enduring Grace, Dali Photo Festival, China
An Enduring Grace, ShiJiaZhuang Art Museum, China
2012 :
- An Enduring Grace, Shanghai Int’l Photographic Art Festival, Shanghai, China
2011:
- An Enduring Grace, Lishui Photography Festival, Lishui, China
An Enduring Grace, Russian S’Lon, hosted by Janet Fitch & Sandra Tsing Loh, Pasadena, CA
- An Enduring Grace, Wildfire Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
- Of Faith, Power and Glory, Baang + Burne Contemporary, NY, NY
2010:
- An Enduring Grace, online exhibition, 591 Photography Blog
Selected Group Exhibitions ~
2023:
- Personal Territory: Annual Members Exhibition, Los Angeles Center of Photography
- The Photo Review Competition, Trees, online
2022:
- Fraction Magazine, 14th Anniversary Group Exhibition
- Re-Exposure: The One, HLiiC Gallery, Nanjing, China
2021:
- Texas Photographic Society 34th Annual Members Only Show, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas
- Texas Photographic Society 34th Annual Members Only Show, Artworks Gallery, Austin, Texas
- FOCUS Photo L.A. Summer 2021 Exhibition, Los Angeles
- Water: Shots Magazine Group Exhibition, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, Minnesota
2020:
Black + White, SxSE Gallery, Molena, Georgia
2019:
- Georgien: inside./.outside, Galerie Lichtblick. Cologne, Germany
- 100% Fun, Humble Arts Foundation, online
- Diffusion IX, Southeast Center for Photography
- Photographs in Conversation, Lenscratch, online
- Archiving Time: Aging & Legacy, Light Leaked, online
2018:
- The Sacred, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR; Juror - Robert Adams
- American Splendour, Ilon Art Gallery, New York, NY
- Structure, Don't Take Pictures, online
- Natural Encounters, N.Y. Photo Curator, online
2017:
- The Subconscious, Light Leaked, online
- Flora, Don't Take Pictures, online
- Travel & Discovery, Light Leaked, online
- Cold War Spaces, Wende Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- Fourth Annual LACP Members' Exhibition, dnj Gallery, Santa Monica , CA
- Visual Armistice, Juried Group Showacse, online, Plates to Pixels Gallery
Art City Austin 2017, Art Fair rep'd by Photo Méthode Gallery, Austin, Texas
- Off The Clock 2017, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA
2016:
- Direct Positive/Polaroids, Light Leaked, online
- Art City Austin 2016, Art Fair rep'd by Photo Méthode Gallery, Austin, Texas
- Off The Clock 2016, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA
- Reclaim Photography, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands, U.K.
- Heart, Edition One Gallery, Santa Fe, N.M.
- Photo L.A., ‘The Art of Friendship’ benefit & auction, Los Angeles, CA
2015:
- Alternative Cameras: Pinholes to Plastic, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
- Deux, Photo Méthode Gallery, Austin, TX
- 100 Mile Radius, The Pilkington Prize, online exhibit
- Landscapes, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO
- H2O (Water), Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO
- Moving Water, Your Daily Photograph, Jurors: Scott Nichols, Catherine Edelman, Daniel Miller, Los Angeles, CA
- New Visionaries, School of Design @ Mount Ida College, Newton, MA
- Landscape, Plates to Pixels Gallery, Portland, OR
2014:
- Forgotten, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
- Plastic Fantastic V, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
- Mainland, The Kiernan Gallery, Richmond, VA
2013:
- Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
- Grayscale, The Kiernan Gallery, Richmond, VA
- Plastic Fantastic IV, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
- Off The Clock, APA/LA group exhibition, TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles, CA
- American Life, ShiJiaZhuang Art Museum, ShiJiaZhuang, China
- Emergence, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
2012:
- Enchantment, Plates to Pixels Gallery, Portland, OR
- The Next: Emerging LA Artists, The Perfect Exposure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 5th Annual Plastic Camera Show, RayKo Gallery, San Francisco CA
2011:
- Multiple Exposures, wall space gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
- Spooky Show III, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
- Plastic Fantastic II, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
- I Spy With My Plastic Eye II, 5th & Sunset Studios, Los Angeles CA
- New and Improved III, L.A. Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles CA
- 4th Annual Plastic Camera Show, RayKo Gallery, San Francisco CA
2010:
- An Enduring Grace, presentation at Open Show #1, Los Angeles CA
- Plastic Fantastic, Subtext Gallery, San Diego, CA
- Black and White: People, Places, and Things, Minneapolis Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN
- L.A.NDSCAPES, L.A. Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles CA
- 4x14: Uncommon Imagery, L.A. Center for Photography, Venice CA
- 3rd Annual Plastic Camera Show, RayKo Gallery, San Francisco CA
2009:
- I Spy With My Plastic Eye, A&I Gallery, Los Angeles CA
- Snap to Grid, L.A. Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles CA
- Los Angeles Photographers, 5th & Sunset Studios, Los Angeles CA
2008:
- Abstraction and Perspective, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood CA
2006:
- Camera Works, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood CA
Press, Publications, and Interviews ~
2023:
- SHOTS Magazine, #159, Spring Issue
- Interview, The Diffusion Tapes podcast, January
2022:
- SHOTS Magazine, #157, Fall Issue, Feature + Interview
- "Is Analog Film Making a Comeback?" radio broadcast, WFYI, Indiana, February
- Helsinki Darkroom Festival: Double Exposure Panel Discussion, online, February
- Interview, The Wise Fool art podcast, February
2021:
- SHOTS Magazine, #153, Fall Issue
- Diffusion Annual X, One Twelve Publishing
- Sunny 16 Podcast, Podcast + YouTube, April
2020:
- Instant Photographers, Featured Artist, October
- ART in the RAW, Episode 1, YouTube Feature + Interview, October
- Elysium Gallery, Online Artist Talk, August
- South x Southeast Magazine, 9th Anniversary Issue, Vignette, feature
2019:
- Polagraph Blog (Czech), Interview, January
- Phlogger Podcast, Interview, May
- SHOTS Magazine, #144, Summer Issue
- Grainy Dayz Podcast, Interview, November
2018:
- Light Leaked, Interview and Feature, November
- Georgien Inside./.Outside, Kolga Tbilisi Photo
- Review: Sanctuary, at Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston Globe
- Review: Sanctuary, at Griffin Museum of Photography, Tufts University
- Review: Sanctuary, at Griffin Museum of Photography, What Will You Remember?
2017:
- Diffusion Annual IX, One Twelve Publishing, Autumn
- Pryme Editions Annual Journal, December
- Harper's Magazine, July
- Hylas Magazine, Issue #1, April
2016:
- L'Oeil de la Photographie, article and gallery, December
- Fossils of Light + Time, juried publication, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography
2015:
- Edge of Humanity Magazine, online feature, December
- Black & White Photography Magazine (UK), feature, Issue #182, October
- Image In Progress Magazine (Italy), feature, Issue #6, June
- Aether Magazine, Feature, Issue #8, Spring/Summer
2014:
- Los Angeles Center of Photography, Catalog cover, November
- Pryme Magazine, interview & feature, Winter Issue
- Blur Magazine, feature, Issue 39, Oct/Nov
- Light Leaked, “Michael Kirchoff's Five Favorite: Destinations to Photograph”, September
- Seities Magazine, feature, Autumn
- SHOTS Magazine, #124, Summer Issue
- Camera-9 Magazine, Feature and Cover, Winter 2013-2014
2013:
- Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Exhibition catalog cover
- Develop & Fix blog, Artist Spotlight, December
- Lensa Magazine, Vol. 9, November
- F-Stop Magazine, Issue 61, "Cities," Oct/Nov
- Square Magazine, Issue SP03, March
- Light Leaked, interview, February
2012:
- La Hausse Magazine, feature, January
- BW Gallerist blog, “Best of the Best” Emerging Fine Art Photographers of 2011, January
2011:
- Adore Noir Magazine, feature + interview, December
- B&W+Color Magazine, Issue #87, Spotlight feature article
- Stellazine, Stella Kramer blog, October
- Underexposed blog, interview, September
- Fraction Magazine, Issue 28, feature, July
- PH Magazine, Issue #09, feature, July
- Lenscratch, Success Stories interview, March
- Los Angeles Examiner.com, An Enduring Grace exhibit article, March
- Diffusion Magazine #3, April
2010:
- BWGallerist blog, interview, September
- Two Way Lens blog, interview, September
- The Truth of Beauty blog, September
- 591 Photography blog, Pola Days, August
- The Truth of Beauty blog, April
- New55 Project blog, April
- Lenscratch, February
- F Stop Magazine, Issue #40, April/May
2009:
- Photographers Forum, Best of Photography 2009
- I Spy With My Plastic Eye, cover, exhibit catalog
- Black & White Magazine, Special Issue #68, August
- Light Leaks Magazine, Issue #13, Spring
2008:
- Black & White Magazine, Special Issue #60, August
Lectures and Presentations ~
2024:
Panelist, Why Analog?, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver
2022:
- Guest Speaker, Is Analog Film Making a Comeback?, 'All IN' NPR Radio
- Presentation, Helsinki Darkroom Festival: Double Exposure Panel Discussion,
2018:
Lecturer, Santa Monica City College, Santa Monica, CA
2017:
- Lecturer, College of the Canyons, Los Angeles, CA
- Presentation, Open Show LA #41, dnj Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Artist talk, DNJ Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2016:
- Lecturer, College of the Canyons, Los Angeles, CA
- Lecturer, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
2014:
- Lecturer, Lucie Foundation, Snapshop youth program
2011:
- Artist talk, An Enduring Grace, Wildfire Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
- Presentation, Open Show LA #1, Los Angeles, CA
- Lecture and presentation, Russian S’Lon, hosted by Janet Fitch & Sandra Tsing Loh, Pasadena, CA
Recognition ~
2021:
FOCUS Photo L.A. Summer 2021 Competition, Top 20 Finalist
2017:
Los Angeles Center for Photography 4th Members Group exhibit: Recipient of solo show at Griffin Museum of Photography by Juror, Paula Tognarelli
2014:
- Photolucida, Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist
2012:
- 5th Annual Plastic Camera Show, RayKo Photo Center SF, Honorable Mention
2011:
- Lishui International Photography Festival, China, Award of Excellence
- Photolucida, Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist
- Black & White Magazine, Spotlight Award
- WPGA 2010, The Pollux Awards, Finalist in Fine Art & Architecture
2010:
- International Photography Awards, 4 individual Honorable Mention awards
- Prix de la Photographie Peoples Choice,
- - 3rd Place Award, Fine Art/Architecture Pro (for “Cross+Stone”)
2009:
- International Photography Awards, 5 individual Honorable Mention awards
- Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3), 2 individual Honorable Mention awards
- Prix de la Photographie Peoples Choice, - 3rd Place Fine Art/Abstract Pro
- Black & White Magazine Portfolio Competition, Merit Award (“Peaceful Ruin”)
- Photographers Forum, Best of Photography, Honorable Mention
2008:
- International Photography Awards, 2 individual Honorable Mention awards
- Prix de la Photographie (PX3), 4 individual Honorable Mention awards
- Prix de la Photographie Peoples Choice, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards
- Black & White Magazine Portfolio Competition, Merit Award (“An Enduring Grace”)