EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts-Art, 2009 (anticipated), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
Bachelor of Science-Journalism, 1993, University of Colorado, Boulder CO    
             
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1994-present      Freelance Photographer      
1999-2003          Staff Photographer, The Times of Trenton, Trenton, NJ
1995-1998          Staff Photographer, Home News & Tribune, East Brunswick, NJ
1994                    Intern Photographer, Visions In Action, Johannesburg, South Africa   

AWARDS
Silver Eye Center For Photography, Pittsburgh PA, 2008 Fellowship 2008 Competition--Honorable Mention
National Press Photographers Association, 1998Award of Excellence--Issue Reporting, Pictures of the Year
New Jersey Press Photographers Association, 1997 Photographer of the Year
New Jersey Press Photographers Association, 1996 2nd Place Photographer of the Year
Eddie Adams Workshops, 1996 New York Times Magazine assignment award
New Jersey Press Association, 1995 Best of Show

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
“Periscopes and Peepholes,” Future Tenant Gallery, Pittsburgh PA, 2008(Group)
“Uncertainties,” Future Tenant Gallery, Pittsburgh PA, 2007(Group)
“14 Pictures and a Boat,” Ellis Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, 2006 (2-person show)
“Peregrination,” Outer Gallery, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh PA, 2006(Group)
“It’s Still Photography,” University Gallery, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, 2006(Group)
“Eddie Adams Workshops: Ten Year Retrospective,” Newseum, Washington DC, 1998(Group)

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Private collection of photographer Arno Minkkinen

RELATED EXPERIENCE
Guest Lecturer
Carnegie Mellon University, Apr. 2006
Rutgers University, Feb. 1999
Maine Photographic Workshops, Nov. 1998

Volunteer Photography Mentor Ennis Beley Project, Princeton NJ, 1999