Camera Obscure was presented as my MFA thesis show at the University of Minnesota. I have taken the medium of photography as my subject, and I have used its many histories and artifacts to create metaphors of loss, nostalgia, violence, and death. While this may sound like a most dismal exhibition, I have also crafted it with a light heart. Camera Obscure is an amalgamation of dark humor, false sentiments, and earnest irony. This approach has allowed me to voice my own love/hate relationship with photography, as well as create works that both criticize and celebrate society’s desire for the ever-lasting moment, and how photography is employed to realize this.

One Hour Photo - neon sign - 30x24"

This Darkroom's Gone to Heaven - darkroom, diazotype - 4x8x8'

This Darkroom's Gone to Heaven - interior detail

One Year of Taking Pictures - MDF, steel, c-prints - dimensions variable

Selected Methods of Archiving - wood, Carrolltypes - dimensions variable

A Brief History of Camera Architecture - x-rays, safelights - dimensions variable

Elevator Darkroom - elevator, rubylith, tape - dimensions variable

Goodbye Kisses - silver gelatin prints - 14x11" each