I was recently named to PDN 30 a honor that puts me in great company. It’s an accomplishment I don’t take lightly and can’t thank all those who have had a role in shaping my short progression as a photographer to the person and photographer I am today. An honor like this has allowed me [...]
One of my goals for 2011 was to get my work seen in more galleries. This summer I’ve seen that goal become a reality. Work from my Island project is currently hanging in three different shows with a fourth on the way. Here in Minnesota you can find the work at the Eco Byways show [...]
I was recently named a finalist for the Magnum Expression Award along with a great roster of photographers. The entries are extremely diverse and beautifully shot. The same day I found out I was a finalist for the award, I also received two emails from people working with mentally ill inmates. This is what they [...]
By now I know well enough that you can’t put a lot of weight in contests, but we all know they’re good for keeping our name out there. I was happy to be included in the Communication Arts Photography Annual for my Served Out: Aging and Dying Behind Bars project. Communication Arts dedicated a full [...]
The New York Photo Awards released their list of nominees yesterday and I found myself on the list with a lot of talented folks including Jenn. The contest is also my slow departure from what I consider my traditional photojournalism roots. This has been the first year that I’ve primarily focused on contests that are [...]
Contest season is upon us again so I’ve been spending my free time looking at what I did or didn’t do this past year. It’s interesting to look at a body of work and see a noticeable shift from my work in years past. For my older work it was the norm for everything to [...]
With the contest season slowly coming to a close I enjoyed a recent post by Trent Nelson on contests in response to a student threatening to burn his photos. A panel of contest judges deemed the young photographer and all the entries in the Young Scottish Photographer of the Year category to be unworthy of [...]