Self-portrait project from a Vis Class at UCSD. As I am not a huge fan of self-portrait, my general concept for this was to create multiple characters (I am admittedly a fan of Cindy Sherman’s character work) and refuse to reveal which, if any, relate to my actual self. I originally intended to play off of stereotypes, but feel that I didn’t push the costumes far enough to bring that idea through in this case. October 2008. 

Fiona, 5 year old piece of heaven, my little bean. I’ll put up regular pictures of her and the other children sporadically, but this to start with. Part of a piece about identity, in which I created portraits from slices of other photos taken of the subject, intermixed with which are two slices of white, one labelled with the nickname given to them by our full cross-cultural family. There is intent in this. And she is wonderful and beautiful. Fall 2009. 

Morgan and Rob with some popcorn, screwing up my set for the gender shoot. March 2010. 

Jamin, hiking up the snowhill to hit the same jump I sent him off about 12 times. Snow Valley Resort in southern California. December 2009? January 2010? Winter. 

Blake, byproduct of a shoot done in our parking garage for a school project. February 2010.