About
Bio | Recognition/CV | Clients/Press
Education
• International Center of Photography, New York, USA – One-Year Certificate, Documentary Photography & Photojournalism
• Kent State University, Ohio, USA – Master of Arts + Bachelor of Science, Visual Communication Design
• Mt. Hood Community College, Oregon, USA – AAS Graphic Design + AAS Journalism Arts Technology
• University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia – Visual Arts Major
Books: Monograph
2015 Radical Love (Chronicle Books, USA) – First solo monograph
Awards
2018 American Photography 34 – Winner
2017 The New York Times Year in Pictures – Selected
2017 Month of Photography Los Angeles, Photo Book Exhibition – Selected
2017 Month of Photography Los Angeles, Group Show – Selected
2016 New York Book Show – Winner, merit, Special Trade category
2015 PDN Magazine, Notable Books of the Year – Selected
2015 Critical Mass – Voted as one of the Top 50 Photographers
2015 PDN magazine photo annual – Winner
2015 American Photography 31 – Winner
2015 Pictures of the Year Intl. (POYi) – Second place, Features category
2015 Pictures of the Year Intl. (POYi) – Finalist, Community Awareness Award
2015 Photoville, The Fence, Houston – Selected
2015 Photoville, The Fence, Atlanta – Selected
2015 Photoville, The Fence, Brooklyn – Selected
2014 ASMP – Selected as one of the “Best of ASMP”
2013 American Photography 29 – Winner
2012 American Photography 28 – Winner
2012 Palm Springs Photo Festival – Grand Prize Winner
2012 PDN magazine photo annual – Winner
2012 Pictures of the Year Intl. (POYi) – Final round selection, Features category
2012 Magnum Expression Award – Finalist
2012 International Photography Awards – Honorable Mention in five categories
2011 Visa Pour l’Image, France – Selected for the International Festival of Photojournalism
2011 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, United Kingdom – Final round selection
2011 Communication Arts Photo Annual – Winner for 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 (Assoc. 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’s 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 Photo Annual – Winner, for 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
2005 Studio Smackdown (design competition) – Grand Prize Winner
Grants
2019 Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation – Fellowship
2018 Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation – Fellowship
2015 Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund – Nominated & Shortlisted
2009 MediaStorm Advanced Multimedia Reporting Workshop – Scholarship
2008 Johnson & Johnson Foundation – Fellowship
2008 The New York Times – Photojournalism Scholarship
2008 Global Fund for Children – Fellowship Finalist
Lectures
2015 Annenberg Space for Photography – Radical Love, solo lecture – Los Angeles, CA
2015 Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion – Radical Love, solo lecture – Berkeley, CA
2015 San Francisco Art Institute – Photo Books Today Symposium, presentation – San Francisco, CA
2011 Portland Art Museum – Solo lecture, 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’s 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 USA & UK.
Exhibits
2017 Month of Photography Los Angeles – Photo Book Exhibition – Los Angeles, CA
2017 Month of Photography Los Angeles – Group Show – Los Angeles, CA
2017 Westfield Century City – Emerging, PDN’s 30 Retrospective – Los Angeles, CA
2015 Lishui Intl. Photography Festival – Critical Mass, Portraiture – Lishui, China
2015 Photoville – The Fence – Houston, TX
2015 Annenberg Space for Photography – Emerging, PDN’s 30 Retrospective – Los Angeles, CA
2015 Photoville – The Fence – Atlanta, GA
2015 Photoville – The Fence – Brooklyn, NY
2015 SlideLuck Chicago IV – Love – Chicago, IL
2015 Rayko Photo Center – Visual Voice: New Photo Book Narratives – San Francisco, CA
2015 Yangon Photo Festival – I Love You – Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
2014 SlideLuck Seoul – Seoul, South Korea
2014 SlideLuck Amsterdam IV, Foam Museum – Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013 International Center of Photography – I’ll be Your Mirror – New York, NY
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 Cleveland – Sacred Spaces – Cleveland, OH
2012 Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts – Hijacked III Exhibit – Perth, Australia
2012 QUAD Gallery – Hijacked III Exhibit – Derby, United Kingdom
2012 SlideLuck 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 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 Intl., 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 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 Ottowa I – Inclusion/Exclusion – Ottowa, Canada
2009 SlideLuck 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 Seattle VIII – Open – Seattle, WA
2009 New York Photo Festival – New Visionaries – New York, NY
2009 Month of Photography Los Angeles – PDN’s 30 – Los Angeles, CA
2009 SlideLuck 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
