Self Portrait with Amalia

Amalia left yesterday for two weeks in Argentina, and I miss her dearly. I honor her absence with this photograph I took of us in September.

Stony Brook. September, 2010.

Portrait: Adam Foam

Tonight I ran into a good friend Adam, who I use to work with back in the day at Trader Joe's. I don't see him too often these days but I still consider him one of the greatest guys I ever met since I've been in Boston. Adam is the co-founder of The Whitehaus Family Records in JP and also plays in a band called Peace, Loving (A must see live act).

Though I photographed Adam just several months ago, when I see him I am always reminded of a photograph I took of him back in 2005 while I was a student at The New England School of Photography. This photograph hangs in my living room at this moment and will always remind me of great times. Oh the power of a photograph.

Boba Fett? Boba Fett? Where?

Taken in New York City on Halloween, 2007. I have to give Jess Habalou credit for pointing out this photograph to me. Thanks Jess!

Six Film Stills 2008

This image below is an 8 1/2 x 11 Digital Ink Jet Print. The image is made up of six photographs taken with a digital camera of my computer screen that is playing an adult film. It is from a very short series of images I made that focused on facial expression in adult films.

Older Photographs: Filip in Four

This polyptych was taken in 2000 in Chicago. I leave this series open for interpretation and hope it raises many questions for you as it does even for me. The top polyptych image is how the four images should be viewed, from left to right in sequence. The bottom images are just a closer look at each individual image. Enjoy

Polaroids: You Are Not Forgotten

I just found out today that my great uncle Eddie past away. It had been expected soon since he was not recovering from his cancer treatments, but the cancer itself was not expected when he was diagnosed just less than two years ago. I didn't know Uncle Eddie extremely well, but I did know that he was a wonderful and simple person.

I only got to see uncle Eddie twice since his diagnosis, and this photograph below was from the first time. We had talked about drawing and photography for over an hour that day, and I took this photograph because I didn't want that great moment to be forgotten. Now with his passing, I don't want his existence to ever be forgotten.

These are three photographs of relatives who have within the last three years passed away. I show these photographs in the utmost respect to them as individuals and their wonderful existence. They will never be forgotten.

Uncle Eddie 2008


Grandma Walker 2008


Aunt Annie 2005

Older Photographs: Super Best Friends

These are six of my earliest photographs from 2000-2003 when I first started taking photo classes. The top five are from when I was at Wright Community College and the bottom one is from when I did a term at Columbia College in Chicago. They are not by any means great photographs but they do represent a part of the process for the early stages of any photographer. Not only that, but personally they represent great memories, which may not be important to most except those involved, but those few people are enough for me to want to post them. Enjoy.

This is Life: Older Images

Older Images from the This is Life series. some of these images helped start this project idea, while others are images from a few years back that just happened to fit in with the new work.

Final Portfolio: This is Life

Thank you to everyone who helped me achieve what I feel is a great final portfolio for my This is Life series. I will still continue this project outside of class but for now this is where it's at. Thanks again everyone :)

Newer Portraits