Linda

Birthday Portrait

Birthday Portrait for my friend Jai

Steve-O

This is Steve-O, he is deaf. He wrote me on Facebook saying I snubbed him at the local Albertsons. That he recognize me from Facebook. After I apologized he agreed to sit for me. It was interesting not having verbal influence over my subject. I would make gestures and he understood most of them. It was fun.

Josh

Marley

This is Marley one of my current subjects. He has a skin disease and all those little bumps are pimples or black heads. He says working with me is helping him come out from hiding. I have been exploring the secrecy of mask we wear as individuals. Taking classes at the college I was extremely guarded and afraid to share private information about my life. I thought my past would victimize me and I would be judged unfairly. Alanis Morissette said this and has sung about it. I always thought wow she must be around really cool people because there is no way I can be like this in a public setting. But I realize I was just making excuses. Photography has lent me more confidence to be transparent and be more open, there is a lot of energy spent in hiding and I’m working with imagery that explore those feelings and ideas.

Push

Experimenting with a harsher light style.

Male Nude #1

This is my first male nude. There is a lot going on behind the scenes of this image. I was tense for a few reasons, one it was my first time shooting a nude and the other I was new to using strobe lighting. I was working in a panic. This image was a big success for me at school and let the faculty know that I was serious about my photography. It later caused controversy because it was put up in the school’s gallery for a student show then removed for being offensive. It brought me a lot of attention. I’m the first student at LBCC to have their art work be removed from the gallery. A quick story about the model he was afraid his penis was going to photograph small, he kept playing with it and this is an in-between shot from the posed captures. I thought this image capture him the most honestly with his insecurities and male beauty.

Chris Peen

Wall Paper

Jai Stands by A Dresser

Untitled Jon

1st Pin Hole Camera Image

This is my first try using my 4x5 pin hole camera.

Jon and Jai

More images from one of my finals

Jon on a Dresser

New set of images I'm working on regarding Identity.