| EDUCATION International Center of Photography, NY, USA -- One-Year Certificate: Documentary Photography & Photojournalism Kent State University, OH, USA -- Master of Arts: Visual Communication Design Kent State University, OH, USA -- Bachelor of Science: Visual Communication Design Mt. Hood Community College, OR, USA -- Associate of Applied Science: Graphic Design Mt. Hood Community College, OR, USA -- Associate of Applied Science: Journalism University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia -- Visual Arts Major AWARDS 2012 American Photography 28 -- Winner 2012 PDN Magazine Photo Annual -- Winner 2012 Palm Springs Photo Festival -- Grand Prize Winner 2012 POYi -- Final round judging selection, Features category 2012 Magnum Expression Award -- Finalist 2011 Visa Pour l'Image, France -- Selected artist for the annual International Festival of Photojournalism 2011 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, United Kingdom -- Final round judging selection 2011 Communication Arts Photography Annual -- Winner, five images from the series "Birth in Rural Nepal" 2010 CENTER -- Selected + Juror's Choice Award, Project Competition 2010 Visual Arts Festival Vevey, Switzerland -- Selected artist for Images Biennale 2010 Prix ANI (Association Nationale des Iconographes), Perpignan, France -- Finalist 2009 Critical Mass -- Book Award finalist 2009 Critical Mass -- Voted as one of the Top 50 Photographers 2009 PDN 30 -- Selected as one of the "30 Emerging Photographers to Watch" 2009 American Photography 25 -- Winner in the 25th Anniversary Photo Annual 2009 Communication Arts Photography Annual -- Winner, five images from the series "Radical Love" 2009 Reportage by Getty Images -- Selected and featured as an "Emerging Talent" 2009 Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) -- 3rd Place + Honorable Mention 2009 Reflexions Masterclass -- Nomination 2008 International Photography Awards -- Multiple Honorable Mentions 2008 New York Photo Awards -- Finalist + Honorable Mention 2008 Eddie Adams Workshop XXI -- Selected + Sports Illustrated Magazine Award EXHIBITS 2012 Southeast Museum of Photography -- Anthology 2012 -- Daytona Beach, FL 2012 Palm Springs Photo Festival -- Grand Prize Winner Slideshow -- Palm Springs, CA 2012 Australian Centre for Photography -- Hijacked III Exhibit -- Sydney, Australia 2012 London Festival of Photography -- Photofusion Gallery -- Hijacked III Exhibit -- London, United Kingdom 2012 SlideLuck PotShow Cleveland -- Cleveland, OH 2012 Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts -- Hijacked III Exhibit -- Perth, Australia 2012 QUAD Gallery -- Hijacked III Exhibit -- Derby, United Kingdom 2012 SlideLuck PotShow Bologna -- Uncommon Intimacy -- Bologna, Italy 2011 Visa Pour l'Image, France -- International Festival of Photojournalism -- Perpignan, France 2011 Photo Phnom Penh Festival -- Canon/Melon Rouge Projection -- Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2011 SlideLuck PotShow New York -- Sacred Spaces -- New York, NY 2011 Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University -- A View of Caring -- New Brunswick, NJ 2010 Visual Arts Festival Vevey Biennale -- Images -- Vevey, Switzerland 2010 Annenberg Space for Photography -- Pictures of the Year International, Slide Show Night -- Los Angeles, CA 2010 The Last Supper Film Festival -- Self-made Identity -- Brooklyn, NY 2010 Zane Bennett Contemporary Art -- Center Winners -- Santa Fe, NM 2010 SlideLuck PotShow Los Angeles -- Women's Work -- Hollywood, CA 2010 Photographic Center Northwest -- EXPOSED: Critical Mass -- Seattle, WA 2010 International Center of Photography -- What We Saw: Dialects -- New York, NY 2009 SlideLuck PotShow Ottowa I -- Inclusion/Exclusion -- Ottowa, Canada 2009 SlideLuck PotShow Portland IV -- Local -- Portland, OR 2009 The Center of Photography -- Documentary Exhibition -- Fort Collins, CO 2009 Johnson & Johnson -- Our Giving Around the World -- New Brunswick, NJ 2009 SlideLuck PotShow Seattle VIII -- Open -- Seattle, WA 2009 New York Photo Festival -- New Visionaires -- New York, NY 2009 Month of Photography Los Angeles -- PDN 30 -- Los Angeles, CA 2009 SlideLuck PotShow Portland III -- Happiness -- Portland, OR 2008 Camera Club of New York -- National Juried Competition -- New York, NY 2008 Pingyao International Photo Festival -- What We Saw -- Pingyao, China 2008 International Center of Photography -- Reflect -- New York, NY LECTURES 2011 Portland Art Museum -- Solo lecture during Portland Photo Month -- Portland, OR 2010 Newspace Center for Photography -- SPE NW: Women in Photography, panel -- Portland, OR 2009 Parsons the New School for Design -- PDN 30, panel -- New York, NY 2006 SXSW Interactive Festival -- Traditional Design and New Technology, panel -- Austin, TX ...also, numerous solo lectures at colleges & universities in both the US & UK GRANTS 2009 MediaStorm Advanced Multimedia Reporting Workshop -- Scholarship Award 2008 Johnson & Johnson Foundation -- Fellowship Award 2008 The New York Times -- Photojournalism Scholarship Award 2008 Global Fund for Children -- Fellowship Finalist PRESS 2012-04 ASMP member news –- Announced as Grand Prize Winner, Palm Springs Photo Festival 2012-04 NAU blog -- Interviewed & Featured 2012-01 British Journal of Photography -- Interviewed & Featured 2011-12 British Journal of Photography, iPad issue #2 -- Interviewed & Featured 2011-07 NPR -- Featured 2010-09 PDN's Emerging Photographer Magazine -- Interviewed 2010-03 Fraction Magazine -- Featured as part of the CENTER award winners 2009-10 PDN's Emerging Photographer Magazine -- Interviewed 2009-07 The Travel Photographer blog -- Featured 2009-03 A Photo Editor blog -- Featured as part of PDN 30 2009-03 Leica China website -- Featured [a simple translation] 2009-03 PDN Magazine -- Featured as one of the "30 Emerging Photographers to Watch" 2009-02 ASMP Bulletin -- Featured 2009-01 The 37th frame blog -- Featured 2008-12 Verve Photo "New Breed of Documentary Photographer" blog -- Featured |