Hand-cut woven photographic prints of portraits and concepts.
The Reconstructed Portrait series reveals the individual behind head covering used in occupation, hobby, or faith.
Portraits of singer Bill Miller and dancer Thirza Defoe are woven with interchanged horizontal hand cut strips in this photographic weave. The exchange softens Miller’s feature while maturing the face of Defoe. The result gives the illusion of kinship even though both are from different Nations.
Comprised of two prints, a self portrait is woven under a hand-tinted enlarged image of a beaded blanket border. The berries on the border are transformed into smallpox cells depicting the Amherst proposal to eradicate indigenous people.
Photographic print weave combining two self portraits. 16x20
Photographic weave combining two hand-tinted custom made prints representing a jingle dress in movement. The inkjet paper cones hold a bell and inscription of a healing invocation.
Two separate frames of the same baby clothed in a muslin stocking.
Beth with and without her hijab.
Reconstructed Portrait of Susan with and without hunting gear
Josh, with and without his welding mask.
Monsoor with and without his biohazard headcovering.
Brian with and without his protective motocross gear.
Phil with and without his transformers helmet.
Ryan with and without his protective hockey padding and helmet.
The photographer behind the camera.
Luchador with and without his mascara.
Dale with and without his respirator mask.
A weave combining Sgt. Baer's dress blues and utilities uniforms.
Joe with and without an Odd Fellow helmet.
A hand-tinted photographic portrait of Steve woven into a print of his acrylic self portrait.
EMT Logan with and without her firefighter gear.
A 32"x40" panel depicting student photographers with and without their cameras as frames in a contact sheet floating in a water bath.
A 32"x40" panel depicting student photographers with and without their cameras as frames in a contact sheet floating in a water bath.
A 32"x40" panel depicting student photographers with and without their cameras as frames in a contact sheet floating in a water bath.
Two 16" x 40" woven panels connected by one symbol.
Images taken while wandering.
Celebrants during the Dia de los Muertos.
Celebrants during the Dia de los Muertos are paraded in the truck of a car.
HDR image
Eve of the Supermoon
Behind the scenes and production photographs taken while working as a cinematic stills photographer.
The Reawakening" was written and directed by Diane Fraher (Osage) and shot on the Onondaga Nation in Central New York by Jeri Sopanen , Director of Photography.
"Disorders of the Instincts and Emotions" was written and directed by Phil Nohl with Leo Crandall, cinematographer. Principal photography was shot in Syracuse, NY.
Ray Charles performs in a free open-air concert in the streets of Syracuse, NY, for Jazz Fest 2000. The photograph was taken from the lighting scaffolding.
Analog processes and camera work:
Pinhole portraits of Sheboygan South High students using coffee cans and expired Kodak photographic paper.
Lomography panoramics
Naked Sheboygan is an ongoing digital series of discarded articles of clothing photographed within the city of Sheboygan. The items were not moved or positioned and are shown as they were found. The images were captured with multiple cameras: a Panasonic Lumix in toy effect mode, a Sony DSC-HX80, a Canon 5DMIV DSLR, and an iPhone. This project began in 2012.
Absolute Location is a nautical term used to describe the precise location of a specific point on earth.
This image of a t-shirt filled with sand is sometimes referred to as the Repose of the One Armed Sandman.
