My work in photography took off in August, 2010 when I was given the chance to curate the bi-monthly Half King Photography Series in Chelsea, New York City. Over the next eight years I exhibited and worked with many of the most talented and acclaimed documentary (and a handful of fine art) photographers working then. In curating and producing over seventy myriad exhibitions, photobook launches, & pop-up screenings, I developed one common thread across these collaborations: an opening night discussion between the audience, the photographer, and an insider or expert from a related field. The objective of this live, unscripted evening of community-in-photography was to recreate the intimacy of a party after most guests have left and you're standing in a small group around the kitchen sink speaking freely and getting to the heart of the matter. The goal was to bring photography to life--via community, via talk. At my last opening in early 2018, I was grateful for both the long run, and to be leaving on a good note.

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With LightField, the nonprofit I founded in 2016, I launched a photo festival in Hudson, NY. LightField dedicated its curation of photography to using the power of visual art to illuminate environmental and social issues. Programming around each year's multi-artist, multimedia exhibition included artist talks, screenings, and showcasing the work of girls who participated in our Young Photographers workshop, which was drawn from the local nonprofit Perfect Ten.
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Other photo projects I've worked during these years include sourcing the photography (and securing usage rights and permissions) for Scott Anderson's three most recent nonfiction books: King of Kings. August 2025, Penguin Random House; The Quiet Americans, September 2020, Doubleday; and Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East, June 2014, Penguin Random House.

 

In addition, I: curated and produced a large-scale exhibition of escapist photo collages by Kanghee Kim for Vornado Realty Trust in their 22nd Street building lobby; designed and produced a traveling exhibition of photography and video for Be Vocal: Speak Up for Mental Health (2018) that delivered high-impact visuals and text about people with mental health challenges; co-curated and -produced exhibitions of photography and video about post-Snowden corporate and state surveillance titled Surveillance.01 (April 2014, NYC) and Surveillance.02 (March 2015, Dubai); and curated and managed the photo auction benefit in 2014 for RISC (Reporters Instructed in Training Colleagues).