BIO
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| BORN IN KANSAS CITY, MO. WENT TO SCHOOL IN CHICAGO. STUDIED FILM & VIDEO. INTRODUCED TO THE DARKROOM. DIDN'T COME OUT UNTIL GRADUATION. ASSISTED ADVERTISING DIRECTOR/PHOTOGRAPHER DENNIS MANARCHY. MOVED TO NYC. WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT EDITOR FOR TV. CHOSE STILL PHOTOGRAPHY OVER MOTION. BACK TO SCHOOL. STUDIED UNDER STRAIGHT STREET PHOTOGRAPHERS CHARLES TRAUB AND PHILIP PERKIS. INTERNED AT MAGNUM PHOTOS. WORKED WITH DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHERS GILLES PERESS AND CHIEN-CHI CHANG. I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE EXPERIENCED INSPIRATION FROM SUCH A DIVERSE BACKGROUND AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGES EACH NEW PROJECT PRESENTS. BA FILM & VIDEO COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO MFA PHOTOGRAPHY & RELATED MEDIA SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS NYC |
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