ABOUT ME
Real people. Real situations. Real emotions.
That is what my clients have come to expect. Whether shooting behind prison bars or from a raging mosh pit, I look for the story that is yet to be told. The one that captures the imagination in a fresh way.
I was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska until my first love--hockey--took me to Massachusetts for prep school and Rhode Island for college. Once I graduated, I shipped off to Europe to play professional hockey until I suffered a career-ending injury in 2013 and was forced to make a new life for myself. As fate would have it, my new life would be a photographic one.
After three years spent photographing corporate events, I seized an opportunity to become a staff photographer for a local alt-weekly in Alaska, called the Anchorage Press. Within months I found myself not only doing photostories but also contributing written articles.
Photographically, my interests parallel my writing and I often find myself digging deep into edgy stories with a counter-culture slant. Sometimes it means interviewing inmates in a medium-security prison or making friends with burly tattooed men. I guess you could say I got my sense of adventure and love of confronting stereotypes from 20 years spent being the only girl ballsy enough to step in front of 90mph slapshots.
Awards
2020
Alaska Press Club, Best Short Feature, First Place
Alaska Press Club, Best News Photo, Second Place
2019
Alaska Press Club, Best Short Feature, First Place
Alaska Press Club, Best Picture Story, Second Place
Alaska Press Club, Best Feature Photo, Second Place
2018
Alaska Press Club, Best Solo Journalism, First Place
Alaska Press Club, Best Solo Journalism, Second Place
Alaska Press Club, Best Arts Reporting, Third Place
Alaska Press Club, Best Photo Story, Third Place
Alaska Press Club, Best Feature Photo, Third Place
2017
Alaska Press Club, Best Solo Journalism, Third Place
AMA Alaska Chapter, Social Media Initiative, First Place
AMA Alaska Chapter, Photography, Merit Award
PRSA Alaska Chapter, Social Media Initiative, Second Place
2016
Alaska Positive State Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Emerging Photographer Scholarship
LensCulture Portrait Awards, Top Portfolio Award
Exhibitions
2017
Group Exhibition, Power, LensCulture Network, Digital
Group Exhibition, Blue Sky Gallery Photo Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Exhibition, Trail Mix, Snow City Café, Anchorage, AK
Group Exhibition, iMotif, Sohn Fine Art Gallery, Lenox, MA
2016
Group Exhibition, Alaska Positive State Juried Exhibition, Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK
2015
Group Exhibition, Alaska Photographic Center Member Show, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK
Group Exhibition, SeeMe Digital Art Show, Scope Art Fair, Miami, FL
Group Exhibition, SeeMe Presents the Exposure Award at the Louvre, Paris, France
2014
Group Exhibition, Alaska Photographic Center Member Show, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK
Group Exhibition, Alaska Pacific University Student Show, Anchorage, AK
Solo Exhibition, Defying Gravity, Z. J, Loussac Public Library, Anchorage, AK
Solo Exhibition, Snapshots Conceal, Z. J. Loussac Public Library, Anchorage, AK
Clients
Anchorage Press, Anchorage Daily News, Leaf Magazines, University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Business Magazine, USA Hockey Magazine, Cyrano's Theatre, Alaska Iditarod Committee, Alaska Federation of Natives, ANSEP, IEDC, YWCA AK, Arctic Racing Lions, Rodeo de Santa Fe, Bean's Cafe, Girl Scouts of Alaska, Bridgetown Design, Spenard Jazz Festival
