Burning Man
This documentary project focuses on the evolution of Burning Man art and culture over the last two decades. It includes work originally made on assignment for Rolling Stone, Forbes, Harper’s Bazaar, CNN and other media outlets. It’s featured in the coffee-table book Burning Man: Art on Fire, a collaboration with writer Jennifer Raiser newly published by Quarto.
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Vanishing Oasis
The Salton Sea has become one of the most vexing and complicated environmental problems in the American West. These photographs, which originated as a series for the San Diego Natural History Museum in 2008, document the accelerating decline of the sea over a period of nearly two decades.
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Painted Desert
Commissioned by Arizona’s Mesa Arts Center, the Painted Desert series grew out of a conceptual art project combining photography, costume design and immersive theater. The photographs were presented as part of an interactive performance piece in front of live audiences at several venues in Arizona, including the Spark Festival in Mesa, the Public Art Program in Glendale, and the Phoenix Art Museum.
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The Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is generally regarded as the most prestigious award in the world. It makes headlines twice a year — in October when the winner is announced, and in December when it’s awarded at a grand ceremony in Oslo, Norway. This project brings together work made on assignment over many years at the official announcements along with the award ceremonies and other events. [Coming soon]
On the Oscar Trail
With its proximity and close ties to Hollywood, Santa Barbara has become a critical stop on the “Oscar trail” — the award-season publicity tour taken by actors and filmmakers vying for the industry’s top honors. [Coming soon]
Bombay Beach
A tiny, half-abandoned town in a neglected corner of the California desert seems like an unlikely hot spot for street theater, classical opera and large-scale public art. Yet Bombay Beach on the eastern shore of the Salton Sea has become a thriving outpost of renegade art and free expression.
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I Madonnari
I Madonnari was the name given to street painters in 16th- and 17th-century Italy, itinerant artists who traveled from town to town and city to city rendering images of the Madonna on sidewalks and in public squares. The tradition of street painting lives on in cities across Europe and in a growing number of communities in North America. When I Madonnari got its start in 1987, it was the first event of its kind in the United States.
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The Phantom Lake
Tulare Lake was once the largest body of fresh water in the American West, a vast inland sea in California’s Central Valley. But after its tributaries were dammed and diverted a century ago, the lake dried up and the land was reclaimed for agriculture. In 2023, the lake made a stunning comeback, inundating an area the size of Lake Tahoe—about 180 square miles.