October 21, 2024

Colorado to California on Amtrak for Stern



For Stern, I took a train ride from Denver on Amtrak's California Zephyr line and photographed the experience. Writer Alex Kraft and I spent two days on the train learning the stories of passengers and savoring incredible views across Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California.

Several years ago Amtrak had its own magazine, and I devoured the train travel photo essays produced by editor Jessie Adler and featuring photography crushes like Brinson + Banks and Jesse Reiser. It was thrilling to take my own train trip and document the experience. When my children are older, I'm definitely doing it again.

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October 21, 2024

Hairstylists and their Pets for The New York Times

I photographed hairstylists with their dogs in Boulder, Colorado for The New York Times. This was a memorable job because of the great animals - but also because I have started using continuous lighting for many of my portraits and got to play with my lighting setup for this assignment.
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October 15, 2024

Student Portraits for Future Forward

Portraits of vocational students at the Future Forward school, photographed for Adams County.

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June 3, 2024

Colorado Springs for The New York Times






I photographed in Colorado Springs for 36 Hours, the weekly New York Times travel column. These jobs always show me something new about my own backyard, and I'm excited to visit again soon with my own family.

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April 22, 2024

Corporate Website Update for Albedo

Working with Landscape Agency, I photographed corporate lifestyle imagery of employees at the headquarters of Colorado aerial imaging company Albedo. The photographs were used as part of a website rebrand.

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March 11, 2024

Traveling Mercies GIFs

Working with Caroline Glover's new restaurant Traveling Mercies, I made GIFs of patrons and drinks at the bar.

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February 5, 2024

Congressman Joe Neguse for TIME

For TIME, I photographed Representative Joe Neguse (D-Colorado), whose district included the Marshall Fire in 2021.

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January 4, 2024

Roswell UFO Festival

A sweaty costumed alien during a parade
A boy posing with an alien for a photograph
A person taking a picture of an alien torso statue
A dog in the alien costume contest
A mysterious dark camera image
A hand holding a UFO shaped sno cone
Port-a-potties in Roswell
People looking and pointing into the night sky

I photographed the 75th anniversary of Roswell, New Mexico's annual UFO festival, for a story that never ended up running. The community has leaned hard into its history with a convergence of ufologists, conspiracy theorists, aliens, and sci-fi nerds each July and I had a fantastic time joining them!

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January 4, 2024

Cook and social media titan Tieghan Gerard (Half Baked Harvest)

A portrait of Tieghan Gerard with her refrigerator open.

For The New York Times, I photographed Tieghan Gerard of the wildly popular Half Baked Harvest site, at her home in Colorado.

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November 30, 2023

“First Snowfall” Prints Available

This photograph, originally from my series To Be Rural, is available as an open-edition print. See Categories --> Books & Prints to purchase.

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