2023
It would seem that I am constantly reevaluating and adjusting my work, year after year. And that is absolutely true! I am not content to sit in one place for too long; even my sense of who I am as a person remains in flux as time goes by. Therefore, it is not surprising that throughout 2023, I expanded on my ordered world, trying new things like long exposure night photography or extractions of particular scenes. I went back to places long familiar to me, like my hometown in Pennsylvania and the beaches of the Outer Banks, taking new photos with an increased mastery of my tools. And I struggled to break free of my desire for validation, beginning my current project in the fall as an exercise in making art only for myself. Reflecting on the year, I am confident that I continued to move in the right direction—the choices I made during the year were the right ones!
Three Oaks, Michigan.
Goshen, Indiana.
River Park Theater, River Park, South Bend.
Untitled—South Bend, Indiana.
Oxian Brothers Rug & Carpet, South Bend.
Extraction—Ping Tom Memorial Park, Chicago.
Birch Hill Cemetery, Shoey, PA.
Ashland, Pennsylvania.
Reading, Pennsylvania.
Lunch Break—Leeper Park, South Bend.
Saint Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, Indiana.
Catalpa Street, South Bend, Indiana.
Mishawaka, Indiana (from Waking Dreams at High Noon).
North Kimmel Street, Berrien Springs, Michigan (from Waking Dreams at High Noon).
Before a Thunderstorm, Laurel Lake Camp.
West Colfax Avenue, Downtown South Bend.
Hatteras Community Cemetery, Hatteras, North Carolina.
Nags Head, Outer Banks, North Carolina (from Waking Dreams at High Noon).
Edge of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina.
The Photo Lab, Gene's Camera Store, South Bend, Indiana (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Mayberry Cafe, Elkhart, Indiana (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Untitled (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
GODZ DONT BLEED—South Bend, Indiana (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Extraction—Niles, Michigan (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Baroda Township Park, Baroda Township, Michigan (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Weko Beach, Bridgman, Michigan (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Untitled (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Tutt Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Stevensville, Michigan (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Tutt Street, South Bend, Indiana (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
North Bluff Street, Berrien Springs, Michigan (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Neighbor to Neighbor, Berrien Springs, Michigan (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Look Out for Trucks!—Tutt Street, South Bend, Indiana (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
The Able Tree Doctor—South Bend, Indiana (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Wilson Avenue, South Bend, Indiana (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Beijin Palace, Berrien Springs, Michigan (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Thank You For Shopping Gould’s—Conyngham, Pennsylvania (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Mohrsville, Pennsylvania (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Warren Dunes State Park.
Night—Mishawaka, Indiana.
Extraction—Puppy Tubb, South Bend.
Grand Mere State Park, Michigan.
Military Honor Park, South Bend, Indiana.
Saint Hubert’s Cemetery, Danville, Pennsylvania.
Zion's Red Church Cemetery, Orwigsburg, PA.
Flowery Field Cemetery, Outside Norwegian Township, PA.
St. Michael’s Cemetery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Tim’s Parking Only—Niles, MI.
Saugatuck, Michigan.
Lunch Break—Cleveland Road, South Bend.
Fisherman’s Haven, Berrien Springs, Michigan.
Timberland Drive, Berrien Springs, Michigan (from Waking Dreams at High Noon).
Johnson Cemetery, Near Niles, MI.
Maritime Forest Near the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Outer Banks.
Pea Island, Outer Banks, North Carolina (from Waking Dreams at High Noon).
Extraction—Currituck Sound, North Carolina.
Mr Fresh, West Jefferson Blvd, Mishawaka, Indiana.
Niles, Michigan (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Night—South Bend, Indiana (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Jefferson Boulevard Bridge, South Bend, Indiana (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Untitled (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Off of Belmont Avenue, South Bend, Indiana (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Nick Muraya—Pinhook Park, South Bend, Indiana (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
South Bend Monument Works, South Bend, Indiana (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Berrien County, Michigan (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Lee’s Hunan Restaurant, Near Shoreham, Michigan (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Untitled (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Sample Street, South Bend, Indiana (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Behind Trinity Lutheran Church, Berrien Springs, Michigan (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Untitled (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Behind Taco Bell, Berrien Springs, Michigan (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Untitled (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
West Beardsley Avenue, Elkhart, Indiana (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, Michigan (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
New Ringgold, Pennsylvania (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).
Hamburg, Pennsylvania (from What My Left Hand Is Doing).