Photographer, artist, and teacher from Chicago.

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Partial client list: Monocle, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Magazine, W Magazine, Russian Esquire, National Public Radio, The New York Review of Books, Urbanite Magazine, Rolling Stone, Yale e360, The Walker Stone Review, Vox Pop (France), New Lore Magazine (China), The U.S. Green Building Council.

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Education

2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, May 2007
  Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Solo Exhibitions

2011 Removing Mountains, Festival Alt +1000, France
2010 Plume and Removing Mountains, Appalachian Center, Berea, KY
2009 Removing Mountains, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2008 Removing Mountains, Urbanite Photo Festival, Baltimore, MD
  Removing Mountains, Main Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2007 New Landscapes, Main Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2005

Exposition, Center for Art and Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France

Group Exhibitions

2010 Dreamboats Collective, Food Project, 709 Railroad, Johnstown, PA
  hArts For Haiti, LVL 3 Gallery, Chicago, IL
  Getting Acquainted, Johalla Projects, Chicago, IL
2009 Dreamboats Collective, Umbrage Gallery, Dumbo, NYC
  The Chicago Project Showcase, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago
2008 Holiday Show, Stripeman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
  Meet Waradise, Meet Waradise Space, Manhattan, NY
  CoPA 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Walker’s Point Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
  This Land Is Our Land, 709 Railroad, Johnstown, PA,
  Lipman-Hearne Group Show, Chicago, IL
  Milchstraße, IUAV Gallery, Venice, Italy
  Is It Possible To Make A Photograph…, Pierro Gallery, New Jersey
  Lions Never Sleep…, Satin Satan, Chicago, IL
  Shake It to the Ground, Meow Meow, Baltimore MD
  Altered Landscape, New Space Center for Photography, Portland, OR
  The Range, 3545 Keswick Collective, Baltimore, MD
2006 MICA Photo Works in Progress, Main Gallery, Baltimore, MD
  Junior Thesis Group Show, Main Gallery, Baltimore, MD
  Masters of Art Teaching Group Show, Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2005 Teach Baltimore Group Show, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
2004

Fresh Meat, Charm City Art Space, Baltimore, MD

Online

2010 Writing: Ahorn Magazine Book Review Issue #5 (link)
  Interview: Prison Photography, Blog (link)
2009 Interview: Photography For a Greener Planet, Blog (link)
  Interview: Mull It Over, Blog (link)
  Interview: Hotell Frukost, Swedish Blog
  Feature: I Heart Photograph Blog (link)
  Writing: Alec Soth Interview on Too Much Chocolate (link)
  Writing: Ahorn Magazine Book Reviews Issue #1-3 (link)
2008 Interview: Subjectify Blog (link)
  Feature: File Magazine Removing Mountains, (link)
  Feature: Humble Arts' Group Show #23 (link)
  Feature: Conscientious Blog (link)

Features and Press

2010 Vogue (Korea), Interview and Plume Feature
  Jettison Quarterly, Food Deserts, Feature
  National Public Radio, Plume, Feature
  City Paper (Baltimore), Critic's Pick, Lecture
2009 Yale e360, Leveling Appalachia Documentary, Removing Mountains Featured
  Wag Mag, "Dreamboats," Exhibition Review
  Print Society, Featured Print Sale, “Kudzu” from Removing Mountains
  PDN, “Our Picks of the Month: Exhibition,” The Chicago Project
  National Public Radio, Removing Mountains, Radio and Website Feature
  Urbanite Magazine, Untitled (Baltimore), Feature
2008 Voxpop Magazine, France, Untitled (Baltimore), Feature
  JPG Magazine Feature Story: Removing Mountains, Issue 16
2007

Carroll County Times: In Focus Feature, Article Interview and Photos

Books

2010 0_100_06, Book
  Dreamboats Collective Features: Food, Book, Featured Project
2009 The Exposure Project #4, Book, Feature & Cover Image, Book
  Humble Arts’ Collector’s Guide to Photography, Book
  Plundering Appalachia—The Tragedy…, Featured Photography, Book
2008 Removing Mountains Monograph, Self-Published, Book
  COPA 2008, Exhibition Catalogue
  Water-Stone Review, Hamline University, Literary Annual
  Is It Possible To Make A Photograph…, Exhibition Catalogue
2007

MICA Photography Department 2007, Book

Achievements

2010 Gallery Stock, Archive and Stock Representation
2009 PDN: 30, Nominee
  Dreamboats Collective, Photography Agency, Founding Member
2008 Featured Portfolio Catherine Edelman Gallery’s The Chicago Project
  “Best in Show” Awarded by George Slade, Curator: CoPA 2nd Annual Exhibition
2007 Selection for Fjord Artist Collective
  Meyer Traveling Fellowship Recipient
  Windgate Fellowship Nominee

Artist Lectures

2010 Columbia College Chicago
  Maryland Institute College of Art
2009 Columbia College Chicago
  Newspace Center for Photography
2008 Maryland Institute College of Art