I’m a photo/print artist based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I hold an MFA in photography from the University of Minnesota and currently am the Photo Lab Manager at the University of New Mexico.
My work focuses on the structures that emerge from everyday life, exploring themes of personal identity, individual representation, and the evidence of human presence in landscapes. I combine printmaking and photography in a process that merges conceptual art with traditional techniques.
In past projects, I’ve emphasized the representation of individuality. For instance, in the Stolen Identity Project, I traveled to Macedonia and Bulgaria to document the places where my bank account was fraudulently used. Through photography, I captured the locations and transactions linked to my stolen identity, a project that engages with ideas on surveillance and power. In other works, like Cupid Connection, I explored the intersection of public and private life by creating intimate photogravure portraits of desperate men from dating video tapes. In the Evidence series, I documented objects left behind by users of public spaces, reflecting on the idea of photography as a form of dialog between visual narrative and dead-pan evidence.
My recent work centers on understanding the ways narratives, often fictitious, shape our perception of space and place. I also document and catalog photographic ephemera at phototipografio.com.
