BA, University of California at Los Angeles, Photography

BACKGROUND

1985-2000 Worked as a fashion designer for several, large, multi national companies, namely: Levi Strauss, Bugle Boy, and Catalina. Oversaw a large staff both in the states and in the Orient and traveled extensively all over the world.

2002 Resigned to focus on my photographic career.

AWARDS

2011

• Winner, Photographer of the Year, Worldwide Photography Gala Awards 2011
• July Overall Winner, 1^st Place (9), 2^nd Place (4) Pollux Awards, WPGA, , juried by Terry Anderson, Dina Bova, Larry Paggett and Julio Hardy

·       1^st Place landscape, 2nd WPGA Black & White Awards, juried by David Zimmerman

• Winner “Photo Cali”, PDN magazine, “a death in the desert” portfolio to be published in a book.
• Juror’s Special Mention, “The Beauty Around Us”, Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, juried by Julio Hardy and WPGA staff.
• Honorable Mention, “Story Teller” Competition, Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, juried by Julio Hardy and WPGA staff.
• Finalist Salon Photo Prize, judges: Simon Baker, Curator of Photography, Tate: Stefanie Braun, Curator, The Photographers' Gallery; Tim Clark, Editor-in-chief, 1000 Words Photography Magazine; Charlotte Cotton, Creative Director, National Media Museum 
• Finalist Earth Through a Lens, juried by Andy Adams, Editor and Publisher Flakphoto.com
• 1^st Place, The International Photography Awards Competition  (Lucie Awards)
• Honorable Mentions (2), The International Photography Awards Competition  (Lucie Awards)

2010

• 1^st Place Winner, Urban Landscape Competition, Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, juried by Julio Hardy.
• Finalist, Photographer' Forum Magazine and Canon, 30th Annual Spring Photography Contest
• 3^rd Place, Honorable Mention, and Finalist, Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Worldwide Photography Gala Awards
• Honorable Mention, The International Photography Awards Competition  (Lucie Awards)
• Bronze Award (2), International Aperture Awards

2009

• 1^st Place, The International Photography Awards Competition  (Lucie Awards)

• Honorable Mentions (2), The International Photography Awards Competition  (Lucie Awards)
• Designed, photographed and curated National Orange Show Art Collection
• Solo judge of the Redlands Art Association Annual Fine Art Show

2008

• Legacy Award, LA County Fair New Photography Competition
• Finalist, Photographer' Forum Magazine and Canon, 28th Annual Spring Photography Contest,
• Honorable Mentions (3), The International Photography Awards Competition  (Lucie Awards)

2007

• 1^st Place, Millard Sheets Award, LA County New Photography Competition

2004

•   Purchase Award, Robert V. Fullerton Gallery
•   Honorable Mention, Abstract Art Division, LA County Photography Competition
•   Honorable Mention, High and Dry Exhibition, Texas Tech University

2003

•  1^st Place, Artistic Division, LA County New Photography Competition
•   Honorable Mention, Artistic Division, LA County New Photography Competition
•   Honorable Mentions (2), Interiors Division, LA County Photography Competition
•   Purchase Award, Robert V. Fullerton Gallery

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003     Robert V. Fullerton Gallery, CSUSB, CA, “American Illuminations Project”

2005     Charles E. Culpeper Gallery, Soho New York, New York, “American Illuminations Project”

·       Gallery Route One, San Francisco, CA, “American Illuminations Project”

2006     SCA Project Gallery, Pomona, CA, “A Place of Fury, The Woodacre Ranch Project”