NEWS


RECENT/UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS + PUBLICATIONS:
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Recent and Upcoming Exhibitions:
Recent Select Publications:

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06.04.25 // CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC ART MID-CAREER ARTIST GRANT



Delighted to share I have received a 2025 Mid-Career Artist Grant from the Center for Photographic Art. Selected by Nancy Burns, W.M. Hunt, and Frank Yamrus, the grant provides $5k in support my ongoing work in Alabama. Fellow grantees include Emergent Artist winner Nancy Rivera and Project Support winner David Emitt Adams.

The Center for Photographic Art was founded in 1988 to carry on the traditions of the illustrious Friends of Photography created by Ansel Adams, Cole and Brett Weston, Wynn Bullock, Nancy Newhall, Beaumont Newhall and a group of like-minded photographers.

The CPA has presented the same level of high-quality exhibitions, community events, educational engagement, and artist lectures as its predecessor, as well as expanded to create a variety of community collaborations, workshops, publications, juried contests and grant opportunities. With roots starting in 1967, the CPA remains the oldest, longest running, and one of the most prestigious photographic organizations on the west coast.

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05.09.25 // BROOKLYN DARKROOM RESIDENCY



Later this month I will be back on the road in Alabama to continue work on What Has Been Will Be Again through the generous support of a Brooklyn Darkroom artist residency.  

Brooklyn Darkroom, a New York State 501(c)3, supports photographers by providing photography and travel resources and facilities for dedicated artist practitioners. The annual residency provides use of a fully equipped 2023 Winnebago Solis 59P pop-top camper for up to one month, a $4,000 stipend to cover travel, living, and materials expenses, and access to the Brooklyn Darkroom for development, printing, and finishing. Previous resident artists include noted photographers Trent Davis Bailey, Rose Marie Cromwell, Curran Hatleberg, Ian Kline, Andrew Lichtenstein, Irina Rozovsky, Mark Steinmetz, and Rachel Stern.

For my time in the camper, beginning in mid-May and continuing through mid-June, I’ll retrace the de Soto expedition and Old Federal Road through Alabama, also making stops in Mobile and Birmingham, spending time in the Sipsey Wilderness and Bankhead National Forest, and photographing through the small coal mining communities where my family originates.

Follow along via the Brooklyn Darkroom Instagram feed

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02.08.25 // ON ASSIGNMENT FOR THE WASHINGTON POST: IDAHO VACCINE BAN



On assignment for The Washington Post in Caldwell, Idaho, where under influence of misinformation an Idaho health district has banned public clinics from distributing the coronavirus vaccine. Story by Lauren Weber/Photo Editor Sandra Stevenson.

Read: In Idaho, a preview of RFK Jr.’s vaccine-skeptical America here.

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01.24.25 // VISUAL METHODS FOR SENSITIVE ISSUES TEXTBOOK PUBLISHED



A chapter co-authored with Heith Copes, PhD and featuring images and research findings from Hellbender and The Circle is included in a new textbook, Visual Methods for Sensitive Images: Ethics and Reflexivity in Criminology On/Offline, published by Palgrave Macmillan as part of the Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture series. Edited by Silje Anderdal Bakken & Sidsel Harder, the book focuses on collecting, analyzing, and mediating sensitive visual data and covers a wide array of current examples and discussions of visual methods and ethics in contemporary, digital-life criminology. 

Chapter Abstract:
Incorporating photographs into research on crime and justice can be a valuable tool for  those who seek to understand the lives of those who engage in crime and drug use. Using photographs requires researchers to be aware of the ethical issues when incorporating and publishing images in public works. Our aim in this chapter is to discuss some of these ethical (and practical) issues that emerge when including photographs in research about crime and justice. Specifically, we discuss issues such as obtaining informed consent, empowering participants, and portraying people in ways that facilitate reflection and change. We rely on our prior work using photographs to study those who use drugs (e.g., methamphetamine and peyote) in rural Alabama to inform our discussion.

For more, visit: link.springer.com/book/9783031753718

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