Artist Statement
I currently reside in Brooklyn, New York. My preferred photographic medium is black and white. I find the creative process of visualizing, making a photograph and printing in greyscale particularly exhilarating. I depend on the existing light in any scene.
My journalistic portraiture, landscape and event photography is motivated by my support to specific social causes and the struggle for social justice around the world.
My portraits are motivated by my love of dance, jazz and classical music and my deep respect and admiration for the performers. The techniques of my portraiture are inspired by the musicians’ intimacy with their music and instrument and the dancers’ ability to fuse their hearts, minds and movements to convey their message. I emphasize the details of their faces and bodies to transmit the emotional intensity during a performance. Sometimes I utilize motion blur to achieve the same result.
My landscapes are motivated by the creativity and beauty of nature. Natural lighting, clouds and water moving at different speeds, contrasted with static scenery, create dramatic landscape images. By manipulating a scene with longer exposures, I seek to enhance tonal variations and complex textures, transforming an interesting image into an unusually unique and unworldly piece of art.
My intent is for the viewer to travel into the photographic scene and absorb the emotions, energy and serenity the landscape, the person or the scene emits.
International Recognition and Photography Awards
2026 "Eyes In Gaza II" by Lucie Foundations (photographs by 22 Palestinian photographers), St. James Chapel at the Cathedral of St. John the Devine; January 22 - February 12; organizer working with curator Alice Dison and Production Theo Carol
2026 APA/NY 4th Annual Juried Exhibition (curated by Amanda Hajjar) at Soho Photo Gallery, January 28 - 31
Vietnam Vet at No Kings! Protest, New York City; 2025
2025 Black and White Spider Awards
Honorable Mention: Nature Category
Bisti Wilderness Moon Rising, 2025
Honorable Mention: Photo Journalism Category
Immigrants Make America Great, 2025
Honorable Mention: Photo Journalism Category
Silence is Complicity, 2025
2025 Independent Exhibition "Sex and Politics" alongside Paris Photo, November 13-16; by Art-Icon Curated selection by Danila Tkachenko and Slavica Veselinovic for Paris international group exhibition
Radiance (Womb Creatures Series), 2023
2025 PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris State of the World Curated Exhibition, November 9-10
Finalist and Curatorial Selection for Paris Exhibition
120,000 Hands Off! Protest in New York City
Jews Protest to Free Palestinian Abducted by ICE
2025 PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris Juried Awards
Silver Press/Political - Professional (series)
Faces From New York City No Kings! Protest
Silver Press/Political - Professional
Immigrants Make America Great
Bronze Press/People/Personality - Professional
Faces From New York City No Kings! Protest
Bronze Nature/Other - Professional
Bisti Wilderness Moon Rising
Bronze Nature/Panoramic - Professional
Moon Lights Up Bisti Wilderness
Honorable Mention Portraiture/Personality - Professional
Graham Nash at Hampton Bays Concert
Honorable Mention Nature/Landscape - Professional
Golden Hour at Bisti Wilderness
2025 Neutral Density Awards
Honorable Mention, Editorial: General News Category
Immigrants Make America Great, 2025
2025 International Photography Awards
First Place Editorial/Press, Political Category
Different Faces With Different Statements at NYC No Kings! Protest, 2025
Third Place Event, Social Cause Category
120,000 March at New York City Hands Off! Protest, 2025
Honorable Mention Event, Social Cause Category
Immigrants Make America Great, 2025
Honorable Mention Nature Panoramic Category
Háifoss and Granni Waterfalls, 2024
Honorable Mention Nature Environmental/Editorial
Last Drops of Water, 2022
Honorable Mention Special Panoramic Category
Moon Lights Up Bisti Wilderness, 2025
2025 Monovisions Photography Awards
Honorable Mention Landscapes Category
Golden Hour at Bisti Wilderness, 2025
2025 International Color Awards
Honorable Mention Aerial Category
Dragon's Breath (Color version), 2024
New Visions Photography Awards 2025 Competition Gallery Selection (LensCulture editors)
Alien Invasion, 2016
2024 Monochrome Awards
Honorable Mention Landscape Category
Frozen River Crossing at Mt. Hekla, 2024
2024 ND Photography Awards
Honorable Mention Nature-Aerial Category
Dragon's Breath (color version), 2024
2024 Exposure One Photographer of the Year
First Place Aerial Category
Dragon's Breath (Black and White version), 2024
People's Vote Award Aerial Category
Dragon's Breath (Black and White version), 2024
Honorable Mention Wildlife Category
Osprey at Work, 2024
2024 Black and White Spider Awards
Honorable Mention: Nature Category
Dancing Above Urriðafoss, 2024
2024 APA-NY 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition (curated by Michael Foley) at Soho Photo Gallery, December 3 - 8.
Rider Under the Storm, 2024
2024 International Photography Awards
Honorable Mention Special/Smart Phone Photography Category
Walking on Thin Ice, 2024
Honorable Mention Wildlife Category
Osprey At Work, 2024
2024 reFocus Black and White Photo Contest
Honorable Mention Professional Landscape Category (Series)
Light, Ice, Fire and Water of Iceland (5 images)
Dancing Above Urridafoss (2024),
Dragon's Breath (2024),
Starbright Gljufrabui (2024,
Glow of Kirkjufell (2016),
Ice Etching (2022)
2024 PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris State of the World Curated Exhibition
Finalist and Curatorial Selection for Paris Exhibition
Unexpected Voices of Dissent, 2024
2024 PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris Juried Awards
Bronze Winner Architecture / Bridges Category
Window View of Brooklyn Bridge, 2012
Honorable Mention Special/Smart Phone Photography Category
Walking on Thin Ice, 2024
Honorable Mention Press / Political Category
Woman With A Message From Gaza, 2024
2024 Exposure One Black and White Photography Awards
Honorable Mention Aerial Category
Sunndhnúkaggígar Breathing Fire, 2024
Honorable Mention Photojournalism Category
Sunndhnúkaggígar Attack on Grindavik, 2024
2024 International Color Awards
Honorable Mention Amateur Nature Category
Smokey Serenity, 2017
Honorable Mention Amateur Nature Category
Alone In Hurricane Winds, 2022
2023 APA-NY 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition (curated by Brian Paul Clamp) at Soho Photo Gallery, December 5 - 10
Feathers (Womb Creatures Dance Performance by Alma Dance Company), 2023;
Dancer, Cecilia Mitchell (Womb Creatures Dance Performance), 2023
Dancer, Dr. Angela Fatou Gittens (Womb Creatures Dance Performance), 2023
2023 reFocus Black and White Photo Contest
Honorable Mention: Photojournalism Category
Melting Fingers Pointing at the Culprit, 2022
Honorable Mention: Nature Category
Aurora On Steroids, 2022
2023 Black and White Spider Awards
Honorable Mention: Nature Category
Alone, 2022
2023 International Photography Awards
Honorable Mention: Event-Other (Series)
Womb Creatures (Dance Performance by Alma Dance Company), 2023
2023 International Photography Awards, Deeper Perspective
Honorable Mention: Photographic Essay
Nature's Revenge, A Clarion Call; Conservation Category, 2022
2023 Monovisions Photography Awards
Honorable Mention: Single, Landscapes Category
Vessels of Life, 2022
Honorable Mention: Single, Landscapes Category
Edge of the Earth, 2022
Honorable Mention: Series, Abstract Art Category
Glacial Abstract Art, 2022
Honorable Mention: Series, People Category
Dance Performance: Womb Creatures, 2023
2023 International Color Awards
Honorable Mention Amateur Nature Category
Vestrahorn Time Tunnels, 2022
2022, Saphira & Ventura Collateral Exhibition at 2022 Venice Biennale
Swing'n With the Bass, 2012
Violin in Central Park, Susan Keser; 2012
Jazz Bass (Felipe Cabrera), 2019
Blow Your Mind (Chief Adjuah, formerly Christian Scott), 2018
2022 Monochrome Photography Awards
Honorable Mention: Amateur Landscape Category
Vessels of Life, 2022
Honorable Mention: Amateur Landscape Category
Tentacles, 2022
2021 Photographs Purchased by Monarch XOF Producer, TV Series on Fox Broadcasting (The first two images appeared on the trailer and in one episode.)
Alien Invasion, 2016
Swing’n With the Bass, 2012
Violin in Central Park, Susan Keser, 2012
Glow of Kirkjufell, 2016
2021 International Photography Awards
Honorable Mention: Event, Concert Category
Blow Your Mind (Chief Adjuah, formerly Christian Scott), 2018
Honorable Mention: Event, Social Cause Category
Drumbeat of Juneteenth 2020
Honorable Mention: Special Smartphone Photography Category
Blackbird Over the Bay, 2020
Honorable Mention: Fine Art, Landscape Category
Storm Over Gullfoss, 2018
2021 Epson International Pano Awards
Bronze Award
After Midnight Icelandic Serenity, 2016
2021 Monovisions Photography Awards
Honorable Mention: Single, Photojournalism Category
Drumbeat of Juneteenth 2020
Honorable Mention: Single, Nature and Wildlife Category
Pulse of a Storm, 2020
2020 International Photography Awards
3rd Place: Event (Series), Social Cause Category
7pm Appreciation of Frontline Heroes in Brooklyn, NY; 2020
Honorable Mention: People, Portrait Category
Hope and Despair, 2020
2020 International Photography OneShot Awards
Honorable Mention: Movement, Nature
Glow of Kirkjufell, 2016
2020 Monovisions Photography Awards
Honorable Mention: Series, Landscapes Category
Costa Brava Art, 2019
Honorable Mention: Series, Landscapes Category
Black Beach Art, 2018
Honorable Mention: Series, People Category
7pm Appreciation of Frontline Heroes in NYC, 2020
Honorable Mention: Single, Landscapes
Living Atop the World, 2019
2020 PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris
Honorable Mention: Nature, Landscapes Category
Glow of Kirkjufell, 2016
Honorable Mention: Street Photography, Special
7pm Appreciation of Frontline Heroes in NYC, 2020
2020 ND Awards
Honorable Mention: Nature (Series), Other Category
Unworldly Iceland, 2016 and 2018
Honorable Mention: Nature, Seascapes/Waterscapes Category
Pulse of a Storm, 2020
2020 Black and White Spider Awards
Honorable Mention: Photojournalism
Hope and Despair, 2020
Honorable Mention: Photojournalism
Difficult Day, 2020
Honorable Mention: Portrait
Sax on Juneteenth (Michael Jorden), 2020
2020 Monochrome Photography Awards
Honorable Mention: Amateur Nature Category
Pulse of a Storm, 2020
2020 Chromatic Awards
Honorable Mention: Nature Category
Sunrise on Fire, 2015
2019 International Photography Awards
Honorable Mention: Fine Art, Landscape (Series) Category
Black Beach Art, 2018
Honorable Mention: Event, Concert Category
Jazz Bass, 2019
2019 Epson International Pano Awards
Bronze Award
Alpenglow in the Dolomites at Sunrise, 2015
2019 Chromatic Awards
Honorable Mention: Nature Category
Approaching Paradise, 2013
2019 Monochrome Photography Awards
Honorable Mention: Amateur Landscape Category
Icelandic Sculpture, 2018
Honorable Mention: Amateur Portrait Category
Jazz Bass (Felipe Cabrera), 2019
National Geographic editor favorited photo 28 September 2017
Moraine Lake at Sunrise With Smokey Sky
2013 Prix De La Photographie Paris
Peoples Choice First Prize
Approaching Paradise, 2013