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 a winner in the PDN World in Focus 2017 and the
PDN Great Outdooors 2017 contests, a top twenty finalist for two entries
in the 2017 International Architectural Photography Awards, and Runner
Up in the 2017 Travel Photographer of The Year contest, amateur
division. My photos have been exhibited around the world, including in
New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco,Miami, Berlin, London, and Mumbai.
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.
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
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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