Services

Profesional Care

I perform the following services in a professional capacity with clear expectations and objectives. Twenty years of work with artists, content, archives, collectors, and legacies support my services.

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Physical Archives and Collections

  • Strategies and implementation to enable efficient access to the physical archive or collection

  • Advise and implement archival preservation objectives and practices

  • Create visual records for an estate inventory

  • Edit images for exhibitions, books, websites, and portfolios

  • Gelatin silver and color pigment print production management

  • Evaluate prints for quality and condition

  • Film and print scanning for books, magazines, and online uses

Digital Archives

  • Evaluate current system, offer strategies to improve, and implement

  • Evaluate digital files and their metadata for clarity, redundancy, and uses

  • Update the client’s digital archive record with new information as needed

  • Consider implementing Cameron Sterling’s FileMake database

  • Project management for digital files

  • Book production image file management

Legacy

  • Legacy planning and strategies for the client’s physical and digital archive or collection

  • Legacy planning and strategies for the future study and appreciation of client’s work or collection

  • Legacy planning and strategies for the client’s future IRS estate appraisal

  • Obituary text, image preparation, and publications contacts

  • Estate inventory visual records for private and public use

Acquisitions

  • Research, advise, and manage opportunities to exhibit work

  • Gifting and donating art and use rights

  • Facilitate entering museum collections

  • Facilitate entering gallery exhibitions

  • Support artist’s sales process

  • Support collector’s buying process

  • Photographic print type education and valuation

  • Entering museum collections

Exhibitions

  • Exhibition production management

  • Manage logistics from planning to materials return

  • Consult on curatorial selections

  • Research ephemera and contextual information that support exhibitions

  • Image curation for work and domestic spaces

Licensing

  • Image licensing support for rights managed uses

  • Research, advise, negotiate, and manage opportunities to licenses client’s art

  • Quality control of licensed art in print and online publications

Marketing

  • Website design strategy to help audience find and see work

  • Image editing and digital production of images for website and social media

  • Online viewing presentations for private and public use

  • Social media goals, strategy, and tactics

  • Co-writing and editing

  • Basic SEO for websites and social media

  • Support marketing for exhibitions and events

Representation

  • Correspond with people, vendors, and groups on behalf of client’s interests

  • Engage with artist’s new and established professional relationships

  • Research, identify, and engage with opportunities for client’s legacy goals

  • Support negotiations between client, museums, galleries, and buyers

Travel

  • Meet in person at the client’s  location

  • Meet client contacts at their locations

  • Visit prospective venues for new client relations

 Frequently Asked Questions

  • I have worked with individuals and organizations since 1998. I formed my LLC in 2012. Through these experiences I honed my expertise to know why, what, where, and how image and text content is used for distinct audiences. I have also been involved with digital asset management systems for small and large organizations.

    I earned a BA in commercial photography at Brooks Institute, a history BA at Kenyon College, and studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Using my knowledge of visual artists and art markets I have given ASMP live presentations and webinars.

  • I work with individuals and organizations with cultural and educational missions who need content solutions to reach their goals. For example; visual artists, photographers, museums, galleries, art foundations, collectors, and art archives. However my skills and experiences can be applied to many projects and situations.

    Over my career I have worked with Richard Avedon, Hiro, Ellen Graham, The Richard Avedon Foundation, Adobe Stock, Hamiltons Gallery, Pace/MacGill Gallery, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The J. Paul Getty Museum, The Norton Museum, and other notable organizations, content makers, and estates. I have also served on the board of the American Society of Media Photographers Connecticut chapter since 2020 where I support mid-career and emerging photographers.

  • I have 20 years of experience working with individuals and organizations in a range of markets. Through these experiences I understand the unique challenges and opportunities of content to achieve a goal.

    I am trained in and experienced in the following areas

    • Visual Fluency

    • Visual Trends

    • Image Research

    • Image Editing for Singular & High Volume Uses

    • Image Curation

    • Content Licensing

    • Partnerships

    • Studio Photography

    • Image Production

    • Print Production

    • Exhibition Production

    • Physical and Digital Archive Management

    • Print Types

    • Image Critique

    • Project Management

    • Managing Content

    • Content Strategy for Marketing

    • Copy Writing for Websites & Social Media

    • Coaching Creatives

    • Artist Estate Planning

  • My fee structure is designed to suit a project goals and budget. Typically this translates to hourly, project, or a retainer agreement with clear expectations and objectives.