About Me


I am a San Francisco-based travel, landscape, architecture and Burning Man photographer. I take photographs because I like to document my explorations of the world, because photography forces me to concentrate, focus, and live in the moment, and because I hope every once in a while to create something of lasting beauty.

I have won or been a finalist in numerous international photography competitions, including the PDN World in Focus and the PDN Great Outdoors competitions,  the International Architectural Photography Awards, and the Travel Photographer of The Year awards. My photos have been exhibited around the world, including in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Berlin, London, and Mumbai. In 2023 I will have photos exhibited in the Yosemite Museum in Yosemite National Park, the de Young Museum in San Francisco, and the National Zoological Museum of China in Beijing.

I took up photography when I quit my job as a systems engineer to travel around the world for eighteen months. During my travels, I was surprised to find that many of my most intense memories and experiences were when I was behind the lens. When I returned to the US, I began studying photography more formally, mostly by reading, by attending field workshops, and by having my images critiqued by experienced professionals. I have been lucky enough over the years to attend workshops with some great photographers, including David Muench, Jack Dykinga, Justin Black, Michael Frye, and Lewis Kemper. More recently, I've benefited from the online post processing tutorials of Trey Ratcliff and Jimmy McIntyre, and I've admired the Burning Man photography of Scott London.

Exhibitions

"de Young Open 2023", de Young Museum, San Francisco, September 2023

"World Wildlife Fund Conservation Exhibit", National Zoological Museum of China, Beijing, April 2023

"Yosemite Renaissance 38"  exhibition, March - December 2023, various venues including Yosemite Museum Gallery

American Photographic Artists "Something Personal", juried exhibition, December 2019

"Twelve:Visual and Verbal", Viewpoint Photographic Art Center juried Exhibition (two images), December 10, 2019 - January 4, 2020

"Abstract", Sebastopol Center for the Arts International juried Exhibition, October 25 - December 1, 2019

"On the Block: Images from the Street", Lucie Foundation juried exhibition, Los Angeles, October 3 - November 3, 2019

"Alchemy": Arts Guild of Sonoma National juried Exhibition, Sonoma, California, October 3 - November 3, 2019

Stockton Art League 2019 juried Exhibition, Goodwin Gallery, Stockton, California, September 5 - October 3, 2019

Urban 2019 Photo Awards, Po Drodze, Krakow, Poland, August 7 - August 31, 2019

Urban 2019 Photo Awards, Trieste, Italy, July 26 - August 7, 2019

American Photographic Artists "Off the Clock 2019", Santa Monica, California, April 12 - May 11, 2019

"Transformation", WPA Gallery, Norfolk, VA, April 12 - May 24, 2019

ArtExpo New York 2019, Agora Gallery, New York, April 4 - 7, 2019

PhotoPlace Gallery "A Color Moment", Middlebury, VT, March 2019

American Photographic Artists "Something Personal", San Francisco, December 2018

Art Takes Miami, Art Basel Miami, December 6 - 8, 2018

Art Takes Soho, The Untitled Space, New York, September 26, 2018

India Arch Dialogue 2018, Red Architects Gallery, Mumbai, July 13 - August 10, 2018

Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, California, July 7 - August 12, 2018

American Photographic Artists "Off the Clock 2018", Santa Monica, California, April 21 - May 12, 2018

Travel Photographer of the Year, London Bridge City, March 30 - April 29, 2018

India Arch Dialogue 2018, Gallery IAQ, Delhi, February 9 - 25, 2018

"Building Images", Sto Workstett Gallery, London, February 9 - April 27, 2018

True Space, Beijing, November - December 2017

World Architecture Festival, Arena Berlin, Germany, November 15 - 17, 2017

"Creators Deserve to Be Seen", Chashama Gala, Times Square, New York, June 2016

"Visionaries", Mountain Light Gallery, Bishop, California, January 4 - March 31, 2010

AWARDS

2022

Architecture Master Prize, Winner (two images), Honorable Mention (two images)

2019

Tokyo International Foto Awards, Bronze Medal, Amateur/Events

Budapest International Foto Awards, Bronze Medal, Architecture; Bronze Medal, Nature; Honorable Mention, Cityscapes

2017

Travel Photographer of the Year 2017 (TPOTY), Runner Up, New Talent Portfolio - Destinations

PDN World in Focus 2017, Winner

PDN Great Outdoors 2017, Winner

Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Awards, Top 20 Finalist (two images)

Chromatic International Color Photography Contest, Honorable Mention (six images)

Proify 2017, Top 50 Images (two images)

International Photography Awards (ipa) 2017, Third Place, "Amateur: Events - Other" (five images)

International Photography Awards (ipa) 2017, Honorable Mention (four individual images)

International Photography Awards (ipa) 2017, Honorable Mention (photo series)

2017 Neutral Density Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, 8 entries (2 series, 6 solo images)

Photographer's FORUM Photo Contest, Finalist (two images)

CIOB Art of Building Competition, Highly Commended

2016

PDN Great Outdoors 2016, Winner

Hotel Ranga Photo Competition, Winner

Neutral Density Photography Awards, Bronze Star Award: People/Culture, Honorable Mention: Nature/Trees

International Photography Awards (ipa) 2016, Honorable Mention (four images)

Photographer's FORUM Photo Contest, Finalist

2010

Mountain Light Visionaries juried show, Winner (two images), including promotional poster image

2006

Outdoor Photographer "Colors of India" contest, Finalist

1999

Islands Magazine photo contest, Honorable Mention

Hemispheres Magazine photo contest, Honorable Mention

1997

Islands Magazine photo contest, Honorable Mention (two images)

1996

Islands Magazine photo contest, Second place

1992

UC Berkeley Eisner Prize in Photography, Winner (three images)

1991

UC Berkeley Eisner Prize in Photography, Winner (single image)


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