photographers often list their awards and acclaims on their websites. i believe it’d be more interesting to instead see what they looked like in 9th grade. to that end, here is a yearbook photo of me from what should be a terrible time in everyone’s life. things get better.

and while i have won awards as a photographer, they pale in significance to my third place win in the 1988 OrcCon monopoly tournament at the LAX airport hilton. truly a high point.

testimonials

“dad! stop taking pictures!”
- clark gerber

“you’re adorable”
- tricia, recent subject

“well, i guess that wasn’t so bad”
- nearly everyone

“how long is this going to take?”
- nearly everyone

“you’re a ticking time bomb.”
- dr. rogerio carrillo, cardiothoracic surgeon

“you left your shit on my driveway.”
- marc maron, comedian/podcaster, as i was loading my car after a shoot

“i am becoming very irate.”
- raven chanticleer, founder of the harlem wax museum

“were you a dancer?”
- elizabeth farnsworth, PBS newshour anchor, who could probably tell that i was never a dancer

based in los angeles, calif.