The Parking Garage project used available light to add presence to an otherwise empty and isolated structure. To preserve this raw nature all images were shot hand held without any color corrections.
The inspiration behind the Parking Garage project came to me one night as I was walking to my car parked in this very space. It was late and my car was one of only five vehicles still left in the parking structure. I suddenly felt very alone, but wasn't afraid or nervous instead a warming calm came over me. I returned the next evening with my camera.
The Remodel series explorers the hidden beauty of manual labor that is usually difficult to discern by isolating it through low speed capture and selective focusing,
A friend of mine was putting down new titles in his bathroom when I came over to show him a new lens. After playing with the lens for a bit I agreed to help with the titles, by the way, did I mention his A/C was out. Then I decided to take a few pictures and noticed how great they turned out, I stopped helping and just concentrated on capturing his efforts.
The Dirty Bathroom project was a study on finding beauty where you least expect it. I experimented with looking at soap scum and mold from a place of elegance and surreal beauty.
At first glance this bathroom looks disgusting, but it doesn't really feel that repulsive once you really study it. So I set out to photograph it in an effort to capture the hidden beauty and serenity underneath all the mold.
These self portraits were taken as an homage to Robert Mapplethorpe.
Old Hollywood images are from a portraiture workshop at the Palm Springs Photo Festival. The inspiration for this photo shoot were the femme fatale's of the 1920's and 40's with a Lawrence of Arabia twist.
