The Communitarians

As a photographer specializing in long-term documentary projects, I’m particularly interested in exploring communities and subcultures. The importance of connecting with others is an underlying thread in my projects, both as a theme and as a personal approach to image-making. I work to build strong relationships over time with my subjects, which results in intimate, insightful images that pierce through cliches, stereotypes, and misconceptions. I received an MA in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University and subsequently attended the International Center of Photography's Documentary Photography and Photojournalism program. While I was a student there, I interned at Magnum Photos. My work has appeared in publications such as Time Out New York, GEO, The Sun Magazine. Vice.com, Time.com, LaRepubblica.com, and CNN.com. Recent exhibitions include "Philadelphia's Freedom" at the National Liberty Museum, "A Section of Now" at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, and #icpconcerned. Additionally, my writing has appeared in publications such as The Brooklyn Rail and The Broad Street Review. In 2021, I founded an online publication, The Parallax Review, as a space to review photobooks, photo exhibits, and films by and about photographers. I also teach workshops, including Intro to Film Processing and Intro to Darkroom Printing, at The Halide Project, a Philadelphia- based photography nonprofit dedicated to preserving and celebrating analog and historic-process photography.