A photographic investigation into abstraction found in nature through portraits of ants, a series of detailed full body and close-ups that resemble tufted car seats (an ant eyeball) and the articulated exoskeleton that is the definition of form and function. The inspiration for this body of work began soon after reading E.O. Wilson’s remarkable research on ants. I began a collection that was augmented by a myrmecologist working at the Museum of Natural History. The resulting portraits of extreme close-up imagery, through a high-powered scanning electron microscope, expose nature's designs, and can be equated to both alien forms and our everyday, functional, living experiences. Included is an underwater shot with reflected water surface and the first photo I shot when I was about 9 years old of my dad on a road trip out west.

A stylistic exploration in black and white and color photography, using fashion as a backdrop, these studio portraits and fashion shots document an examination of the formal constructs of fabric and beading, light and shape, from the seductive minimalism of a dress collar to the exquisite, sculptural beauty of a Roger Vivier heel. 

BROWN is a series of photographs I shot of family and friends between 1997 and 2001 using a 4x5 camera and polaroid B&W negative film.