ABOUT
I've been a photographer and storyteller for two decades, working for newspapers large and small as well as covering politics on Capitol Hill for about 10 years. Clients and publications my work has appeared in include Discovery Networks, Oprah Winfrey Network, TLC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Reuters, The Associated Press, Bloomberg, Polaris Images, Newsweek, Time, The Guardian, The Times, Le Figuero, Washingtonian Magazine and many others. Commercial clients include New West Records, Skanska USA, Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, American Motorcyclist Association, American Enterprise Institute, Booz Allen Hamilton, and November Bicycles. Music clients include The Dropkick Murphys, Roebuck, The Devil Makes Three, Candlebox, Blues Traveler, The Violent Femmes, Hillary Reynolds, Suburban Key Party and others. My work has been recognized by the White House News Photographers Association, National Press Photographers Association, and Virginia News Photographers Association. I have a BFA in Photojournalism from the Corcoran College of Art & Design in Washington, DC. My work has been on display in several galleries and art museums, and I held my first-ever solo exhibition in 2015.
Before going to college at 28, I served six years in the U.S. Navy as an Electronics Technician, most of it aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). When I'm not working, I'm out on a bike or playing music.
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