EDUCATION
2000
Master of Fine Arts: Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
1992
Bachelor of Architecture: Architecture, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
COLLECTIONS
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Comer Foundation, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Park Hyatt Corporation, Chicago, IL
Princeton Art Museum, Princeton, NJ (Forthcoming)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
The Left Coast: California on the Edge. Gallery Route One, Pt Reyes CA
2009
Chicago Monoliths. San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco CA
2008
Bunkers: Ruins of War in A new American Landscape. Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
2000
The Lakeshore and Chicago Monoliths. Permanent installation in the lobby of the Flagship Park Hyatt in Chicago
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
An Autobiography of the San Francisco Bay Area. SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
House of Cars: Innovation and the Parking Garage. National Building Museum, Washington, DC
2008
Eighteen Months: Taking the Pulse of Bay Area Photography. San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery and PhotoAlliance, San Francisco, CA
2007
Landscape Photography. Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006
The Work of Five Photographers. Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL
Secret Cities: Extraordinary Urban Photography. Architech Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004
Big City: A Chicago Album. Architech Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Rome and the Classical Legacy. Architech Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000
Chicago in the Year 2000. A global traveling photo exhibition.
2002
Beauty in Ruins. Architech Gallery, Chicago IL
2001
Light. Renaissance Society, Chicago IL
Sight, Site, Insight. Sonnenschein Gallery, Chicago IL.
Weissman Awards Show. Wabash Gallery, Chicago IL
2000
Chicago In The Year 2000. City Gallery, Chicago IL
You are Here: Chicago in The Year 2000. Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL
Seeing the Light. James M. Hunt Gallery, Chicago IL
Photo Show. Free Street Gallery, Chicago IL
Foto Chicago: Picturing the City that Works. Architech Gallery, Chicago IL
Urbanonimity. Gallery 312, Chicago, IL.
Graduate Thesis Show, 11th St. Gallery, Chicago IL
1999
A Show of Photojournalism. AfterBurner Gallery, Chicago IL
Honors Exhibition. 11th St Gallery, Chicago IL
1998
Beloit and Vicinity. Beloit College Museum of Art, Beloit, WI
Double Exposure. Dome Room Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997
Double Exposure. Dome Room Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996
American Institute of Architects Photography Exhibition. St Louis Convention Center, St. Louis
BOOKS – Mongraphs
"Bunkers: Ruins of War in a New American Landscape", Essay by Mark Klett, Radius Books, 2012
"The Left Coast: California on the Edge". Text by Philip Fradkin, University of California Press, 2011
BOOKS – Anthologies
Hidden Alcatraz: The Fortress Revealed, University of California Press, 2011
Architecture Now 7, Essay by Philip Jodidio, Taschen Books, 2010
Blue Sky: Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, 2008
Chicago from the Park. Essay by David Travis. Published by the Park Hyatt and the Art Institute of Chicago, 2000
AWARDS/HONORS
Aaron Siskind Foundation Award for Photography, 2010
Albert P.Weismann Project Scholarship. 2000
Eddie Adams Workshop participant. A photojournalism invitational workshop, 1999
Photographic Digital Print Competition. Columbia College, Chicago, 1998
Photographer of the Year, a national photojournalism competition, award of excellence. Columbia College, Chicago, 1998
TEACHING - WORKSHOPS
2011-Current
Adjunct Faculty, International Center for Photography, New York City
2007
Guest Lecturer on documentary photography and bookmaking. Columbia College, Chicago
1998-2000
Workshops on black and white printing techniques, commercial and stock photography – Columbia College, Chicago
2000
Adjunct Faculty, Columbia College Chicago
LECTURES
PhotoAlliance, San Francisco, CA, 2011
California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA, 2011
Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA, 2011
Pt Reyes Bookstore, Pt Reyes, CA, 2011
Gallery Route One, Pt Reyes, CA, 2011
Geography of Hope Conference, Pt Reyes, CA, 2010
Oregon Center for the Arts, Portland, OR, 2008
RADIO INTERVIEWS
National Public Radio-KQED, Forum with Michael Krasny, 2011
KWMR, Swimming Upstream with Michael Litchfield, 2011
KVON, Late Morning with Jeff Schechtman, 2011
FastForward-Video Interview, 2011