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My work is often focused on entropy. Although the imagery is largely devoid of a human presence, there are human traces and marks upon the structures and objects I photograph. These marks are witness to the lives that have come into contact with these ephemeral physical forms. One part of the photographic process is isolating a fragment out of the stream of time, and a photograph inherently has a relationship to entropy. For this reason I consider photography to be the ideal medium for exploring the evolving material world. Read Less

Education
California College of the Arts, B.F.A., (With Distinction), San Francisco, California, 1993
School of Visual Concepts, Seattle, Washington, 1988–1989

Workshops
Large Scale Digital Printing Workshop with Jon Zax, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California, 2010
Painting Workshop with Jamie Brunson, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California, 2005
Darkroom Technique Workshop, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California, 2004
Photographic Techniques, University of California Extension, Berkeley, California, 2003
Owens Valley Photography Workshop with John Sexton, Carmel, California, 1995

Professional Experience
University of California Berkeley, Photo Critique Participant, 2011, 2010
Yosemite Valley Medium Format Photography Workshop Instructor, 2011, 2010
California College of the Arts, portfolio reviewer, 2008, 2007, 2006

Selected Group Exhibitions
The Center for Fine Art Photography, "Consumption", Fort Collins Colorado, July 2010
Cecile Moochnek Gallery, "Notations", Berkeley, California, May 2006

Artist Residencies
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California, 2012

Honors
ArtSlant Showcase Winner, online juried exhibition, 2009
Featured on Photography Served, July, 2010

Selected Publications and Reviews
Artweek Magazine, article, ‘Notations’ at Cecile Moochnek Gallery, September 2006,
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