Tag Archives: Photography

The less than evil folks at Google recently released a new application for their android platform called Goggles. The application allows users to search the Internet using photographs as opposed to keywords or terms. Google’s complicated search algorithm can now be accessed via the visual.

Campaign Landscapes is a collection of photographs made in venues that once held campaign events.

The photographs, largely devoid of people, show the general area where the stage or crowd were located during campaign events for Barack Obama and John McCain. These venues, functioning as backdrops to a politician, act as an image to either reinforce or narrativize a certain message. They point to the level to which a candidate’s image is controlled and manipulated, but also act as a mirror of the community these campaigns are hoping to court.

Recently given the opportunity to shoot a film in Rwanda for the Rotterdam Film Festival and director Pia Sawhney, I took the opportunity to photograph some of this amazing country. The film, which will be released in February 2010, follows Eddie, Fred and Yves, three Rwandan’s defining their country’s experience through film, radio and poetry.

Highly organized and impeccably designed, the convention was the height of theater combined with fervent and true belief. A uniquely potent combination.On August 28, 2008 Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for President. In that unique moment a contentious campaign was born, one with issues that have shaped and molded Obama’s subsequent presidency. Highly organized and impeccably designed, the convention was the height of theater combined with fervent and true belief. A uniquely potent combination.

70% of Americans fail to vote consistently in national elections. The following multimedia piece is an extended and subjective portrait of the 30% of the population whom largely determine the makeup of our federal representation. Based around the 2008 presidential elections, The Politically Motivated is a reminder of the dangers inherent in political apathy and disenfranchisement.

A certain seduction exists with security cameras. Safety is manifesting itself beautifully these days.

In his freshman year, Michael, an 18 year-old at a small liberal arts college decided to join a fraternity. That decision came with the consequence of spending six weeks “pledging,” a process in which active fraternity members constantly tested his willingness to be a part of the group. Michael and his pledge brothers spent long hours undergoing the tasks that the active members had set out for them.

70% of Americas fail to vote consistently in national elections. The following series is an extended photographic portrait of the 30% of the population whom largely determine the makeup of our federal representation. Based around the 2008 presidential elections, The Politically Motivated is a reminder of the dangers inherent in political apathy and disenfranchisement.

“The Family” of Gardiner Maine came together out of necessity. This group of young adults, ranging from 14 to 30 years of age, developed a kinship with one another, a relationship that grew out of the common experience of troubled home lives. Spending their time in the small city square, or in bars or apartments, The Family, as they came to call themselves, became a source of consistency in their day-to-day lives.

Alecia Wall and her son, Mason Tibbs, know about struggle. Mason has Chorea, a rare disease that affects his ability to control the movements of his body. In addition, Mason is almost continually sick, having pneumonia for all but three weeks in 2004. “It’s always life and death with Mason when he gets sick,” says Alecia.