Ski & Skiing Magazine Online

Editor, 1998 - 2001, Boulder, CO

www.SkiNet.com

Photography resonated with me from an early age in 1980s Connecticut. First it was with Polaroid cameras, then black and white 35mm film cameras. Initially I used automatic cameras that set the aperture and shutter speed for me. My input was the subject, focus, crop, lighting, and perspective.

In my early teens I became drawn to visual story telling by making photo albums from my summer experiences in the 1980s and 1990s. At Kenyon College I earned a BA in history, contributed photographs, wrote, and edited for a school publication. The next fall I moved to Boulder, Colorado in 1998 and found a job editing the first website of SKI and SKIING magazines.

Three years later I return to school in Santa Barbara, CA to study commercial photography at Brooks Institute of Photography. As a result of my interest and commitment I earned the first year award and graduated with a BA magna cum laude. In 2003 after interviewing with Richard Avedon’s studio and Irving Penn's studio I was offered an internship with Avedon (1923-2004) that led to full time position.

A year later after Avedon died in photographer Hiro (1930-2021) hired me to help with digital production and archiving. My role with Hiro expanded to all areas of the creative process for his advertising, editorial, and fine art projects. I occasionally worked with other professional photographers and organizations, but I maintained weekly work with Hiro until the 2020 covid pandemic.

From 2014-2015 I had the unique experience of returning to work on Richard Avedon's archive at his legacy foundation ten years after his death. I alternated days of the week between work with Hiro and Avedon's foundation before it closed operations for relocation.

In 2016 I took a freelance position as one of the first two image curators for Adobe's entry into stock photography that launched Adobe Stock in 2017. This time I alternated days of the week between Hiro and Adobe.

After my contract ended at Adobe in 2017 Wonderful Machine hired me to remotely consult their photographers’ portfolios. This was also the moment when I began consulting ASMP photographers under my own business. All the while Hiro's projects were a consistent part of my weeks.

In 2017 I began helping photographer Ellen Graham (b.1929) to inventory her fine art photography prints. Over the years since then I have helped her with all areas of her professional legacy building work.