Editorial & Documentary

Published work, character-driven commissions, and the moment between the pose and the truth.

I don’t do formal sittings. I do published work.

Editorial, for me, starts with the person in front of the camera being the story — not the lighting, not the backdrop, not the pose. The best frames happen when someone forgets there’s a camera at all.

That comes from motion picture production, oddly enough. On a film set, the director’s job is to create conditions where the actor can do their best work without feeling watched. I bring that same standard to editorial commissions: listen first, adjust fast, shoot quiet, and deliver the frame that was always there waiting.

These images are made for publications, features, and clients who need a photograph that reads as a story, not a product.

Street musician performing near the Saint Angelo Bridge, Rome — editorial portrait
Defying Gravity — Rex F., reflective portrait under the tree he fell out of that put him in a coma for three years
Wright Brothers Toolbox — Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C.
Roman centurion in armor and plume, Colosseum backdrop, Rome
Japanese Zero fighter — National Museum of World War II Aviation, Denver
NYFD response team fire engine, Times Square, New York City — editorial documentary
Couple sitting in grass — skyscrapers in background — Battery City Park, New York City — editorial portrait
Classic cars lined up at Bun Boy Motel, Nevada — roadside Americana
American Royalty series — portrait at Castle Marne, Denver
Jake V. political campaign portrait — The Candidate, editorial documentary
National Volunteer Awards — children at play, Kids are in a huddle looking down
Son talking into his elderly deaf father's ear in rural Trikala, Greece — editorial
Father and mother carved into gravestone at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville — editorial
Western culture — horse stall and bridle detail, Wyoming
Milkweed Assassin bug — extreme macro close-up, editorial natural science

For editorial commissions,

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