Portrait of a very tall pale-skinned woman with a large black dodecahedron shaped head holding three fingers up on her right hand. 

This subject and gesture came to me in a recurring dream during the 2020 Pandemic Shutdown and has inspired much of my sculpture and self assigned work since. I don't entirely know what it means. Only that it felt important to make and shoot. I spent a good couple of months teaching myself geometry and making prototypes before I landed here.

The portrait was shot with practical effects in studio and color graded in post. I wanted it to feel otherworldly like a dream, but remain anchored to our actual real life production space. If you look closely you will see gaffer's tape on the floor, marking where we typically run autopoles for seamless backgrounds, and nail holes / wear and tear in the drywall backdrop. 

I made both the geometric mask and long black dress. The dress was sewn from landscaping fabric in two parts. The skirt portion measured over 9ft long -- accounting for the length of the 6'2" model's legs and a 4' tall step ladder. The top is composed of 10' long strands of fabrics spun around the subject in a loose almost toga fashion. The mask was made from painted paper mache and cardboard.

Portrait of a shirtless man with a large black geodesic shaped head. The angles of his head blend seamlessly with the muscles of his back. Photographed in studio against a vibrant red pink background.

Studio portrait of a woman in a white tshirt with a solid black geometrically shaped head. 

Abstract portrait of a black geometric form made from papermache wearing a black derby cap. Photographed in studio against a gray background.

Abstract portrait of a black geometric form made from papermache wearing a vintage top hat, styled so that it almost looks like it is smiling. Photographed in studio against a gray background lit with gels to look like a high altitude sky.

Abstract portrait of a black geometric form made from papermache wearing a wide brimmed woman's hat folded to look like wings. Photographed in studio against a gray background.

Portrait of an almost metallic looking geometric form made from corrugated cardboard wearing a large vintage top hat -- size 7 1/4  -- photographed in studio against a gray background

Abstract portrait of a purple geometric form made from papermache wearing a wide brimmed woman's hat folded to look like wings. Photographed in studio against a lilac colored background.

Abstract monochrome portrait of a black geometric form made from papermache wearing a large vintage top hat -- size 7 1/4  -- suspended by fishing line. 

Abstract portrait of a black geometric form made from papermache wearing a woman's gardening hat with ribbon and flowers. Photographed in studio against a background styled as an abstract representation of a summer day.

Commissioned studio portrait of an Irish Setter dog wearing an oversized blue Elizabethan style ruff collar.

Commissioned studio portrait of a Staffy / Pit mixed breed dog wearing an oversized black top hat made by the artist from upcycled paper. 

Studio portrait of an English Bulldog wearing an oversized white ruff collar. Reflected in his eyes are the words "WE'RE ALL MAD HERE" which were written backwards on the catchlight's scrim with black tape. 

Commissioned studio portrait of a Chocolate Labrador Retriever wearing an oversized black top hat made from upcycled paper. 

Commissioned studio portrait of a Yorkshire Terrier wearing an oversized lilac colored ruff collar made from upcycled paper. 

Commissioned studio portrait of a senior rescue dog wearing a black crown made from upcycled paper. 

Commissioned studio portrait of an Irish Setter wearing an oversized blue ruff collar made from upcycled paper. 

Commissioned studio portrait of a senior rescue dog wearing an oversized black ruff collar made from upcycled paper. Reflected in his eye's are smiley faces. The smiley faces were patterned on the catch light reflector with gaffing tape. 

Commissioned studio portrait of a French Bulldog wearing a black crown made from upcycled paper. 

Studio portrait of a red merle Border Collie named Daisy wearing a brown ruff collar made from upcycled paper against a black background. 

Studio portrait of a Goldendoodle named Teddy. The two tone background was captured in camera using criss crossed seamless paper appearing as an abstraction of a sunny summer day.

Breedercore style portrait of a German Shorthaired Pointer named Phoebe showing off her deep liver colored markings of her neck against a warm yellow background.

Close up macro portrait of Gibbs the Chow Chow showing off his fluffy coat and purple tongue.

Studio portrait of Docci, a staffy / pit mixed breed dog, wearing dark sunglasses.

Studio portrait of a Chihuahua-mix against a warm yellow background lit with magenta gels.

Breedercore style portrait of a German Shorthaired Pointer named Phoebe against a dark teal background.

Studio portrait of a senior staffy mix named Duchess with terminal cancer.

Studio portrait of "Bundt Cake" aka "Bunny" that I photographed probono while she was a foster with BARCS back in 2024. Bunny was a 90lb senior Mastiff / Rottweiler / Lab mix. Reflected in Bunny's eyes are the words, "ADOPT ME". The reflected message was a practical fx that I acomplished by taping the message backwards on my catchlight's diffuser. Bunny has since been adopted.

Studio portrait of a Golden Retriever wearing a blue tophat made from carefully sorted newspaper clippings. I photographed this portrait in 2019. At the time we had to use manual focus when photographing dogs, as animal face detection had yet become common place and other autofocus methods tended to focus on the snout by default. The hat is not attached or secured in any way. The jaunty angle was achieved serendipitously while the hat was falling off. 

Luna was one of five Golden Retrievers that her person had been bequeathed after their two previous owners had passed. We were fortunate to have a chance to photograph all five pups.

On location portrait of two teacup / toy sized Chihuahuas wearing antennas made from aluminum foil and wire. Photographed in 2015 in front of Rocket to Venus, a bar and restaurant in the Baltimore neighborhood of Hampden. The rocket, costumes and dogs were captured in camera on location. The clouds and smoke were enhanced in post. This portrait was part of my "Mutts of Mobtown" series. Originally on display during a pop up show at Howl - a pet store up the street from Rocket to Venus. The original run sold out and a reprinted version of the set was on display at Baltimore City Hall for the terms of 3 different mayors.