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Critical Research Journal - Entry 7 - Words and Pictures

The relationship between word and image in my own photographic practice. Fig 1: Elden 1991. Nevermind. “Okay, throw the baby in the pool...

Critical Research Journal - Entry 6 - Reflective Presentation

Assignment 1: My journey from CEO to conflict photographer, and my current photographic practice going from downtown to downrange. Fig....

Critical Research Journal - Entry 5 - Interdisciplinary Practice

Where I find inspiration to plan, produce, and publish photographs on a daily basis. Light writing. This is the literal interpretation of...

Critical Research Journal - Entry 4 - Reading Photographs

There is a Latin phrase that I find quite poignant to this week’s discussions and work: Jus Ad Bellum, Jus In Bello. It translates to...

Critical Research Journal - Entry 3 - Authorship and Collaboration

This week has been a truly rewarding experience. We were asked to form a small team of 2-6 people and collaborate on a photographic...

Critical Research Journal - Entry 2 - Methods and Meaning

This week has been challenging, surprising, and an education on the methods and methodologies that I actively employ in my current...

Critical Research Journal - Entry 1 - Mirrors and Windows

Today I begin studies for my Master of Arts Degree in Photography with Falmouth University in the United Kingdom. It’s a flexible program...

Photographing the Justice for J6 Rally In WA DC

It was a throng of media and amateur photographers feasting on the spectacle of a promised pro-Trump riot that didn’t deliver the circus...

Why Did I Leave CEO Life To Become A Photographer & Writer?

It all started in 2016 when I purchased my first camera, a Leica M6 35mm film camera. I had recently started a spatial computing company...

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