portfolio

Since 2021, I have been the lead photographer for Arizona State Museum, building on five years of diverse freelance experience. My portfolio includes diverse styles—portrait, event, studio, and documentary—with an emphasis in anthropology, geography, folklore, and historical narratives.

I care deeply about curating and creating images that speak to collective human experience and cultural heritage. I am eager to delve deeper into visual storytelling, and to find new ways to contribute to powerful narratives through compelling photography.

Put plainly, I love photography. I am engaged in both the practice of making impactful images and that of studying and discussing their significance and meaning. Photography has a unique power to evoke emotion, stimulate imagination, and bridge cultural divides, I think this makes it an unparalleled medium for global communication. It is a visual language I am committed to mastering, articulating, and interpreting.

Turquoise mosaic on shell, A-26365, Arizona State Museum, 2022

An image from my project beings and doings

Dog skull photographed for a zooarchaeology identification guide, 2023

Promotional portrait of the Lasso and A. Billi Free

I made over 100 photographic illustrations for Diane Dittemore's 2024 book, Woven from the Center

A photograph from Diane Dittemore's 2024 book, Woven from the Center illustrating basket construction, 14-814, Arizona State Museum, 2022

Chase Mason of Gatecreeper

a photograph from Ancient to Modern: Continuity and Innovation in Southwest Native Jewelry, 2022

A portrait of Marco from a forthcoming project about the visual culture of tattoos

Terrol Dew Johnson, 2023

Visiting researchers touring the pottery vault at Arizona State Museum, 2022

RCG setting out for a day trip

Burden baskets from Diane Dittemore's 2024 book, Woven from the Center, 2019-135-6 and 2019-134-2, Arizona State Museum, 2022

Photographer Shannon Stevens at the 2023 Santa Fe Indian Market, 2023

A silver and turquoise squash blossom necklace, E-7429, Arizona State Museum, 2023

Karen Leone with a state archaeology map, 2023

An image from my project a window on departure

A visiting researcher examing prints from ASM's photographic collections, 2022

Decorative ceramic plate which belonged to Ansel Adams, 77-63-1, Arizona State Museum, 2023

Akimel O'odham artist and educator Aaron Sabori, 2023