Artist Statement
I approach photography not just as an art form but as a means of everyday storytelling and cultural documentation. I am drawn to the interaction between people and their environments, and the subtle, often unspoken narratives that shape our lives. Photography is a journey into the unseen, the overlooked, and the ephemeral.
Books
Mid-Continent Modern: The Champaign School of Architecture Immaterial Books (2024)
Machine Learning Immaterial Books (2022)
Middlescapes Immaterial Books (2020)
Spaces of Serenity: Small Projects for Meditation and Contemplation, ORO Editions, 2015 (select images)
On The Plane The Velvet Cell, 2010
Exhibitions & Talks
Mid-Continent Modern — book launch, Krannert Art Museum (2024)
Making Place: The Arts of Home — exhibition, Krannert Art Museum (2025)
Mere Beauty, Boneyard Arts Festival, Champaign, USA (2022)
Middlescapes Boneyard Arts Festival, Champaign, USA (2021)
Americana (Group Show) Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, USA (2022)
Here Comes the Metaverse: Designing the Virtual and the Real (Group Show) The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA (2022)
Capturing American Landscapes (Talk) Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, USA (2018)
Techno-storytelling: Past, Present, Future (Group Show) Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK (2017)
Imagining Ourselves (Group Show) Venice International University, 57th International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia, Venice, IT (2017)
Face Value: Personification and Identity in a Post-Digital Age (Group Show) Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK (2016)
Speculative Visions of Pragmatic Architectures (Group Show) Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, USA (2015)
Media Materiality: Towards Critical Economies of New Media (Group Show) Asterisk Gallery, San Francisco, USA (2015)
The Representation of Possibility: Understanding Change and Continuity Through the Image (Group Show) Yorck Studio, Berlin, Germany (2014)
The Thread to the Unknown (Group Show) Mediations Biennale, CCA Inner Spaces and IF Museum, Poznan, Poland (2012)
Indie Photobook Library @ PhotoNOLA (Group Show) The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, USA (2012)
Indie Photobook Library (Group Show) The Philadelphia Art Book Fair, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, USA (2012)
On The Plane Beach London, London, UK (2012)
Reviews & Interviews
Mid-Continent Modern — review by Amy Penne, Smile Politely (23 May 2024)
Mid-Continent Modern — interview, Illinois Public Media (2025)
Machine Learning — review by Paul Anderson, The PhotoBook Journal (2024)
Middlescapes — review by Steve Harp, The PhotoBook Journal (2021)
Published Photographs & Earlier Coverage
Jack Baker Loft and Studio — architectural photographs, Krannert Art Museum
Dot and John Replinger Home and Studios — architectural photographs, Krannert Art Museum
Tablet — Russ & Daughters Expands While Aiming to Preserve Its Roots (2016); photograph
IGNANT — Flickr Friday (24 August 2012); selected photograph
Trend Hunter — Sky-High Captures: On the Plane (15 October 2011); project feature
The Independent Photo Book — Phillip Kalantzis-Cope: On The Plane (13 October 2011); book listing
It’s Nice That — Phillip Kalantzis-Cope (16 August 2011); Shooting from the Hip and On the Plane
Dwell — Butterfly Roof Meditation Hut; architectural photographs
Dwell — 20 Modern Homes From the Midwest; meditation hut photograph
Collections & Other Projects
The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, USA
Member of the Foundation Contributors Council of The Local East Village (LEV), a partnership between The New York Times and the Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism at New York University. The LEV was an experiment in the production and dissemination of “hyper-local” media. I contributed images that matched stories of happenings in the East Village and participated in the project's overall direction.