Air Invitational Exhibit

A selection of images from the series Photographs of Strangers will be exhibited at the Air Invitational Exhibit, curated by Hub-Bub artists in residence Claudia Dishon, Gregory Bae, Esteban del Valle and Jameelah Lang at the Showroom in Spartanburg, SC. 

The Photography Show at the School of Art

The Photography Show, a student photography exhibition will be held at the Lightwell Gallery at the School of Art in Norman, OK until October 9th.

A selection of images from the series People and Where They Live will be exhibited along with work from other photography students.

Momentum Tulsa 2009

Woman with Dog, Elizabeth Standing, and Laura on Balcony will be exhibited at Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still! in Tulsa, Oklahoma Saturday, October 10, 8pm-Midnight.

Update: Woman with Dog, Elizabeth Standing, and Laura on Balcony received the Curator's Choice Award.

Photographs of Strangers

This collection of portraits comes from an obsession with strangers. I am intrigued by the connections and narratives a person can create from a visual encounter with another. My intent is to provide the viewer with an opportunity to explore those photographs and create their own narrative about the photograph. The process of photographing with a view camera slows down the image making allowing for a relationship to be created, that is then revealed to the viewer.

This and the rest of the photographs from this series will be exhibited at the University of Oklahoma School of Art Senior Capstone Exhibition May 6-16th.

Photographs of people and where they live, a work in progress

More from the series Photographs of People and Where They Live

SPE Dallas

Society for Photographic Education

Momentum OKC 2009

Toll Both and Pet Exercise Area, Kansas Turnpike (both 24 in x36 in) will be exhibited at the Momentum: Art Doesn’t Stand Still exhibition in Oklahoma City March 6th and 7th.

The Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition Momentum exhibition is open to the public through March 14.

More information here.

Pet Exercise Area, Kansas Turnpike is also part of the University of Oklahoma's School of Art juried show, the 95th Annual Student Exhibition.

Cage Fighters

Printed in The Oklahoma Daily and online at OUDaily.com

Link to story.

Crime Track

W. Robinson and Woods Ave, drunk driver. Near Max Westheimer Airport.

In January 2007 LA Times reporter Jill Leovy began covering every homicide in LA County on a blog in an attempt to make up for what the media misses and demeans. "It's sort of awful to think of people being murdered and nobody seeing it," she said.

I decided to download the local crime logs from the police department's website and the next day, at the same time that the crime had occurred, photograph the locations. I was attempting to understand if these locations held any memory of the crimes or held back some kind of remnants of what happened there just 24 hours ago.

More Crime Track images

Shown at Momentum Oklahoma City 2008.

a roast beef sandwich

Continental 1666 

Houston Geo Bush, TX (IAH) 23:59 Caracas, Venezuela (CCS) 5:37

Panoramic Portraits

Max, Boyd Street

Andy, Vietnamese Restaurant

These two images are part of a series of panoramic portraits. Shooting portraits as panoramas allowed me to not only capture the figures, but the area around them. Much can be seen about these figures in their setting and surroundings, and the light of these places. By shooting five or more snapshots and stitching them together, the image displays the atmosphere and mood of the moment and place. These scenes were not constructed to display the subjects’ personalities, but were quickly captured moments that create and define these characters.

More panoramas.

Shown at Momentum Tulsa 2008. Max, Boyd Street also shown at the 93rd Annual School of Art Students' Exhibition.

we don't have licenses yet

They were there with their family. Their dad, uncle and older brother work on their modified 1950s pickup truck. They have all made plans for the car they will each build when they turn 14. They seemed unaware of the effect of climate change on fuels and in turn the rising price of fuels and how this might make threaten their dreams of racing.

New York Times recently published an article Fast Cars, Full Tanks about the rising price of fuel for racers. 

on the chinatown bus to ny

The Chinatown buses were the cheapest way to get around from state to state through their cities' Chinatowns. They were cheap and departed frequently attracting day workers going from one Chinatown to the other and eventually students.

Road Rage

Road rage on Alameda Street and 24th Street near Sonic and 7-11.

More Crime Track images.

Shown at Momentum Oklahoma City 2008.

Energy Students

Castorino Jean, Energy Student 
I'm a petroleum engineer and we are aware of the environmental issues and we do our best to prevent pollution. As we discover potential threats to nature we try to improve what we do so that there is less pollution over the years.

Students from the Sarkeys Energy Center University of Oklahoma share their thoughts on the personal effetcs of the undeniable transition occuring in the usage and production of energy.

More images of energy students.

Moving Vehicle Accident Injury

Moving vehicle accident injury on the SE corner of the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, OK.

More Crime Track images.

Shown at Momentum Oklahoma City 2008.

Eastside Racing Crew

First thing you notice is the engines, then the grape-cola scented racing fuel.

More images from Thunder Valley.

Never miss a race

These guys were just hanging out with the Eastside Racing crew. They said that they don't race but that they'd never miss a race. They like the cars, they like the guys, they just like to be there and have a good time.

More images from Thunder Valley.

We come here for the cars

I went to Thunder Valley Racing Park in Noble, Oklahoma on a Friday night with the intent of understanding if climate change and rising fuel prices affect this sport.

More images from Thunder Valley.