Solo and Small Group Exhibitions
2016 Future Cities, Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, IN (two-person show with Kai Caemmerer)
2015 Modern Utopias, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA (three-person show, curated by Amie Potsic)
2013 Future Cities: Cairo, 110 Church Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Displaced, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Pathways to Stable Housing, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, Il
2010 Future Cities: Lima, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Sempre Jardim Edite, Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Portland, ME
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Mundo Futbol, Fototeca Latinoamerica, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Curated by Pablo Cabado)
2014 The Marcellus Shale Documentary Project, The Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
2014 Documentary, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA (juried by Whitney C. Johnson)
2014 Environmental Portraiture, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR (juried by Melanie McWhorter)
2013 The Marcellus Shale Documentary Project, Center for Photography at Woodtock (curated by Laura Domencic)
2013 Photography Now 2013, Center for Photography at Woodstock (juried by Kira Pollack)
2012 Looking at the Land -- 21st. Century American Views, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (curated by Andy Adams)
2012 The Marcellus Shale Documentary Project, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Third Annual Photography Exhibition, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA (juried by Natasha Egan and Kathy Ryan)
2012 Center for Emerging Visual Artists show, The Cira Center, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Photography 31, Perkins Center for the Arts, Collingswood, NJ
2012 Adapt, Broadstone Studios, Dublin, Ireland (curated by Amy Stevens)
2011 Have a Nice Day, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (curated by Adam Welch)
2011 Altered States, Foley Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Michael Foley)
2011 Form+Spirit 2011, The Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Construct, Icebox Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (curated by Amie Potsic)
2011 Philadelphia: A Century of Change, Free Library of Philadelphia (curated by Stephen Perloff and Blaise Tobia)
2011 Photography 30, Perkins Center for the Arts, Collingswood, NJ (juror’s award, purchase award)
2011 Emerging Artists Auction, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
2010 Slideluck Potshow Philadelphia (projection)
2010 New Normal, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (juror’s award)
2010 Flash Forward 2010, Magenta Foundation, Toronto, Canada (honorable mention award)
2010 National Juried Competition, The Camera Club of New York, New York, NY (honorable mention award)
2010 Introductions 2010, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2009 New York Festival of Photography (projection), New York, NY
2009 Do 1 Thing, Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Portland ME
2009 Documentary, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2008 Onward ‘08, Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Hey, Hot Shot! Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Heart Gallery of New Jersey, traveling exhibition
Fellowships and Grants
2015 Individual Excellence Award grant: Ohio Arts Council
2012-2013 The George A. and Eliza Howard Foundation, Brown University: Howard Fellowship
2011-2012 Independence Foundation: Fellowship in the Arts
2010-2011Center for Emerging Visual Artists: Career Development Fellowship
Major Commissions
2011-2014: The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts: The Marcellus Shale Documentary Project
2010 The Center for Urban Research and Learning: Pathways to Stable Housing
Collections
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Portland, ME
The Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
The Center for Urban Research and Learning, Chicago Il
The Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA
Residencies
2012 Arts Residency Cairo
2011 Center for Art in Wood: Photography residency
Selected Awards
2012 Philadelphia Museum of Art Photography Portfolio Competition
2010 Brooklyn Industries Live. Work. Create. competition, first place
2010 Magenta Foundation Flash Forward 2010, honorable mention
2010 Finalist, Alexia Foundation Professional Grant
2010 Finalist, Hey, Hot Shot! competition
2008 New York Press Photographers Association: 2nd Place Pictorial
2005 Pulitzer Prize (staff award)
2003 New Jersey Press Association: 1st Place General News Story
2003 New York Press Photographers Association: News Picture Story
2002 New Jersey Press Photographers Association Photographer of the Year
2001 National Press Photographers Association, Newspaper Photographer of the year, runner-up
2000 New Jersey Press Photographers Association Photographer of the Year
2000 NPPA/University of Missouri Pictures of the Year contest: 2nd Place General News
2000 NPPA/University of Missouri Pictures of the Year contest: Portrait/Personality
2000 NJPPA 1st Place awards: General News (1st and 2nd), Feature
1999 New Jersey Press Photographers Association Photographer of the Year
1999 NJPPA 1st Place awards: Portrait/Personality
Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society
Kappa Omicron Nu Graphic Design Honor Society
Golden Key National Honor Society
Drexel photo department Letter of Commendation 1995, 1996 and 1997
Bob Baxter photography scholarship, 1993 and 1994
Selected Print Publications
2012 The Marcellus Shale Documentary Project: book published by the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
2010 Leica Fotografie International
2009 Black and White Magazine
2009 Phot’Art International Iraq
2007 Camera Arts Showcase Edition
2007 The Photo Review annual competition issue
2007 Black and White Magazine
2001 Life Year in Pictures
Selected Digital Publications
2016 Juxtapoz Magazine: Future Cities
2016 Photo District News: Future Cities
2014 Places Design Observer: Future Cities
2014 Fotografia Magazine: Future Cities
2014 Wired.com: The Marcellus Shale Documentary Project
2013 Slate.com: Future Cities
2010 Conscientious: Future Cities: Lima
2010 Perspectives, the Center for Fine Art Photography blog
2010 Hey, Hot Shot! blog
2010 Burn Magazine: Sempre Jardim Edite
2009 100 Eyes Magazine: Sempre Jardim Edite
Work Experience
Independent artist and photographer, 2009-present
The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ, Staff Photojournalist, 1997-2008
The Times, Trenton, NJ, Photojournalism Internship, June 1995-January 1996
Lectures and Teaching
2014: Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA: Instructor, Large Format Photography Workshop
2013: Youngstown State University: Artist talk
2013: Wheeling Jesuit University: Artist talk
2013 Center for Photography at Woodstock: Panel discussion
2013 Ithaca College: Artist talk
2013 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania: Artist talk
Lectures and teaching (continued)
2012 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts: Artist talk for Marcellus Shale Documentary Project show
2012 Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA: Instructor, Large Format Photography workshop
2011 Loyola University of Chicago School of Communication: Artist talk
2011 Loyola University Museum of Art: Artist talk
2011 Center for Emerging Visual Artists: Artist talk during Displaced exhibition
2011 Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA: Artist talk during Form + Spirit 2011 exhibition
2010 Salt Center for Documentary Studies, Portland Maine: Artist talk
Education
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA: Bachelor of Science degree in Photography, June 1997, Magna Cum Laude
Salt Center for Documentary Studies, Portland, ME: Completed summer documentary photography program, 1997
2016 Future Cities, Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, IN (two-person show with Kai Caemmerer)
2015 Modern Utopias, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA (three-person show, curated by Amie Potsic)
2013 Future Cities: Cairo, 110 Church Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Displaced, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Pathways to Stable Housing, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, Il
2010 Future Cities: Lima, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Sempre Jardim Edite, Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Portland, ME
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Mundo Futbol, Fototeca Latinoamerica, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Curated by Pablo Cabado)
2014 The Marcellus Shale Documentary Project, The Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
2014 Documentary, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA (juried by Whitney C. Johnson)
2014 Environmental Portraiture, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR (juried by Melanie McWhorter)
2013 The Marcellus Shale Documentary Project, Center for Photography at Woodtock (curated by Laura Domencic)
2013 Photography Now 2013, Center for Photography at Woodstock (juried by Kira Pollack)
2012 Looking at the Land -- 21st. Century American Views, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (curated by Andy Adams)
2012 The Marcellus Shale Documentary Project, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Third Annual Photography Exhibition, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA (juried by Natasha Egan and Kathy Ryan)
2012 Center for Emerging Visual Artists show, The Cira Center, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Photography 31, Perkins Center for the Arts, Collingswood, NJ
2012 Adapt, Broadstone Studios, Dublin, Ireland (curated by Amy Stevens)
2011 Have a Nice Day, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (curated by Adam Welch)
2011 Altered States, Foley Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Michael Foley)
2011 Form+Spirit 2011, The Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Construct, Icebox Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (curated by Amie Potsic)
2011 Philadelphia: A Century of Change, Free Library of Philadelphia (curated by Stephen Perloff and Blaise Tobia)
2011 Photography 30, Perkins Center for the Arts, Collingswood, NJ (juror’s award, purchase award)
2011 Emerging Artists Auction, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
2010 Slideluck Potshow Philadelphia (projection)
2010 New Normal, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (juror’s award)
2010 Flash Forward 2010, Magenta Foundation, Toronto, Canada (honorable mention award)
2010 National Juried Competition, The Camera Club of New York, New York, NY (honorable mention award)
2010 Introductions 2010, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2009 New York Festival of Photography (projection), New York, NY
2009 Do 1 Thing, Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Portland ME
2009 Documentary, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2008 Onward ‘08, Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Hey, Hot Shot! Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Heart Gallery of New Jersey, traveling exhibition
Fellowships and Grants
2015 Individual Excellence Award grant: Ohio Arts Council
2012-2013 The George A. and Eliza Howard Foundation, Brown University: Howard Fellowship
2011-2012 Independence Foundation: Fellowship in the Arts
2010-2011Center for Emerging Visual Artists: Career Development Fellowship
Major Commissions
2011-2014: The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts: The Marcellus Shale Documentary Project
2010 The Center for Urban Research and Learning: Pathways to Stable Housing
Collections
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Portland, ME
The Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
The Center for Urban Research and Learning, Chicago Il
The Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA
Residencies
2012 Arts Residency Cairo
2011 Center for Art in Wood: Photography residency
Selected Awards
2012 Philadelphia Museum of Art Photography Portfolio Competition
2010 Brooklyn Industries Live. Work. Create. competition, first place
2010 Magenta Foundation Flash Forward 2010, honorable mention
2010 Finalist, Alexia Foundation Professional Grant
2010 Finalist, Hey, Hot Shot! competition
2008 New York Press Photographers Association: 2nd Place Pictorial
2005 Pulitzer Prize (staff award)
2003 New Jersey Press Association: 1st Place General News Story
2003 New York Press Photographers Association: News Picture Story
2002 New Jersey Press Photographers Association Photographer of the Year
2001 National Press Photographers Association, Newspaper Photographer of the year, runner-up
2000 New Jersey Press Photographers Association Photographer of the Year
2000 NPPA/University of Missouri Pictures of the Year contest: 2nd Place General News
2000 NPPA/University of Missouri Pictures of the Year contest: Portrait/Personality
2000 NJPPA 1st Place awards: General News (1st and 2nd), Feature
1999 New Jersey Press Photographers Association Photographer of the Year
1999 NJPPA 1st Place awards: Portrait/Personality
Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society
Kappa Omicron Nu Graphic Design Honor Society
Golden Key National Honor Society
Drexel photo department Letter of Commendation 1995, 1996 and 1997
Bob Baxter photography scholarship, 1993 and 1994
Selected Print Publications
2012 The Marcellus Shale Documentary Project: book published by the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
2010 Leica Fotografie International
2009 Black and White Magazine
2009 Phot’Art International Iraq
2007 Camera Arts Showcase Edition
2007 The Photo Review annual competition issue
2007 Black and White Magazine
2001 Life Year in Pictures
Selected Digital Publications
2016 Juxtapoz Magazine: Future Cities
2016 Photo District News: Future Cities
2014 Places Design Observer: Future Cities
2014 Fotografia Magazine: Future Cities
2014 Wired.com: The Marcellus Shale Documentary Project
2013 Slate.com: Future Cities
2010 Conscientious: Future Cities: Lima
2010 Perspectives, the Center for Fine Art Photography blog
2010 Hey, Hot Shot! blog
2010 Burn Magazine: Sempre Jardim Edite
2009 100 Eyes Magazine: Sempre Jardim Edite
Work Experience
Independent artist and photographer, 2009-present
The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ, Staff Photojournalist, 1997-2008
The Times, Trenton, NJ, Photojournalism Internship, June 1995-January 1996
Lectures and Teaching
2014: Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA: Instructor, Large Format Photography Workshop
2013: Youngstown State University: Artist talk
2013: Wheeling Jesuit University: Artist talk
2013 Center for Photography at Woodstock: Panel discussion
2013 Ithaca College: Artist talk
2013 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania: Artist talk
Lectures and teaching (continued)
2012 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts: Artist talk for Marcellus Shale Documentary Project show
2012 Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA: Instructor, Large Format Photography workshop
2011 Loyola University of Chicago School of Communication: Artist talk
2011 Loyola University Museum of Art: Artist talk
2011 Center for Emerging Visual Artists: Artist talk during Displaced exhibition
2011 Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA: Artist talk during Form + Spirit 2011 exhibition
2010 Salt Center for Documentary Studies, Portland Maine: Artist talk
Education
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA: Bachelor of Science degree in Photography, June 1997, Magna Cum Laude
Salt Center for Documentary Studies, Portland, ME: Completed summer documentary photography program, 1997