Holes in the Southwest
For my documentary class I have been taking pictures of open pit mines in southern Arizona. These gaping holes in the desert floor are both incredibly profitable and destructive. The functioning world depends on the steady extraction and refinement of copper. Ray Mine, about two hours north of Tucson, produces around 65% of the United State's total copper, but it also covers an area of at least 53,000 acres of what used to be Sonoran desert. My intention here is neither to glorify nor slander the industry, but only to make images that capture what I see as the strange unnatural beauty that results from it. Click Here
Spring 2010
This semester has been a whirlwind. I havent had much time to update this site and the projects have been piling up. I'll have a few more small projects to add here in the next month or so, and then all of my focus will be consumed by two main projects, one for each of my photo classes. I'm still refining my ideas regarding these projects, but if you'd like to hear more about them click here. Also, I will hopefully be adding some climbing photos here shortly, those also have been piling up, unedited, just waiting for some of my attention.
Time Well Spent
The oddest use of photography that will ever grace these pages. Kind of cool though.
Digital
Assignment Four: Stereoscopes and Ghosts
Black + White Assignment Four
Fabrications. Scene creation.
We were instructed to select "signifiers" from other artworks and use them to create a scene. Using two movies, two poems, and two news articles we had to create six images.
I had access to a gun and used that as my main prop. I also used a hat, a glass of whiskey and two girls, among other things.
Fabrications. Scene creation.
We were instructed to select "signifiers" from other artworks and use them to create a scene. Using two movies, two poems, and two news articles we had to create six images.
I had access to a gun and used that as my main prop. I also used a hat, a glass of whiskey and two girls, among other things.
Black + White Assignment Three
Urban Landscape (kind of) and Landscape Alteration (sort of, maybe). I wasn't too exited about this assignment at first and while I was taking the pictures, but I am surprisingly pleased with the final prints.
Urban Landscape (kind of) and Landscape Alteration (sort of, maybe). I wasn't too exited about this assignment at first and while I was taking the pictures, but I am surprisingly pleased with the final prints.
The Helmet
Digital
Assignment Two
These pictures were taken at Pima Community College two weeks ago. I'm just now getting around to posting them. We were instructed to "create mood" by altering the lighting in a classroom, and take portraits of one of several models.
Assignment Two
These pictures were taken at Pima Community College two weeks ago. I'm just now getting around to posting them. We were instructed to "create mood" by altering the lighting in a classroom, and take portraits of one of several models.
Black + White Assignment Two
Not at all my best pictures here, more of a technical exercise than anything else. Content was mostly overlooked both in taking them and in how they were graded.
Not at all my best pictures here, more of a technical exercise than anything else. Content was mostly overlooked both in taking them and in how they were graded.
Portfolio of Eight Images.
This is my application to the photography program at the University of Arizona. Some of the pictures appear in other places on this site. I am hoping that these will make up for a lacking grade point average; last semester was not so good for me.
This is my application to the photography program at the University of Arizona. Some of the pictures appear in other places on this site. I am hoping that these will make up for a lacking grade point average; last semester was not so good for me.
The Honor System
Please do not publish or sell my photos without my consent. Download them, enjoy them, print them even, but please do not use them without first contacting me. Thanks.
