Born in Seattle, Washington January 11, 1966. Lives & works in Seattle & New York
TOUR PHOTOGRAPHER:
2009 Yeah Yeah Yeah's -"It's Blitz", U.S. tour.
2002-2008: R.E.M. -All Tours, Promo tours, recording sessions, video shoots, and Rock n Roll Hall of Fame induction.
2006 Yeah Yeah Yeah's -America & South America Tours for album, "Gold Lion".
PUBLISHED BOOK:
2008 "R.E.M. Hello=" Chronicle Books, hardcover/ 192 pp; 175 color and b/w photographs. This is my first published work of b/w & color darkroom prints from my travels with R.E.M. Published in U.S. June 2008, -also published in Spain, Germany & Italy (translated).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2009 December : Leica National Gallery, (Solm, Germany at Leica Headquarters). "R.E.M./backstage, Intimate Portrait Behind the Tours".
2009 November: Easy Street Records, West Seattle. "Musicians & Landscapes".
2002 November: "Mormon Fag", larger than life [Agra Ultra 50] 30x40" color photographs of 50 year old Willum Pugmire, Seattle community anti-icon & dishwasher. Cyclops, Seattle.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2010 July-Oct [forthcoming] "Rock Photography Since Elvis", Museum Folkwang, Essen Germany.
2008 June: Belle & Wissel Gallery, Seattle. "Accidents will Happen", rock photography accidents.
2008 March: Institute of Contemporary Arts, [ICA]. London. "R.E.M. at the ICA"
2001 July: Vital 5 Gallery, Seattle. "Before & After"
SELECTED PUBLISHED WORK:
"Lula Magazine", fashion editorial
"The Stranger", Seattle, 22 Covers
"Seattle Weekly", Seattle, 17 Covers
"Village Voice", New York, 1 cover
"Kutie Magazine", Seattle, 1 Cover, 2 features
"Sasquatch Books", Seattle, 2 photo calendars, 4 book covers
"Warner Bros," 2 cd covers (REM & Mudhoney), 2 LP covers, 1 (45rpm) picture disk, & 2 promo shoots
"Light in the Attic Records", 1 cd cover (the Blakes), 1 band promo shoot
"SubPop Records": 2 cd covers (Tiny Vipers), 8 Band promo shoots
"Interscope Records", 1 cd, (Yeah Yeah Yeah's), 2 photo contributions
"MusicBlitz Records", 1 cd cover, (The Presidents of the United States of America)
"Seattle Metropolitan Magazine", 1 feature
"Fader Magazine", contributor
"Spin", contributor
"Q Magazine", contributor
"Black Book", feature on REM Hello book
"Seattle Sound", 1 cover
"RollingStone", contributor
EDUCATION:
1984 Cleveland High School, Seattle. Kicked out senior year (misunderstood gay new wave teen).
1985 Seattle Central Community College, High School Diploma Graduate (ha ha).
1986 Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle -no formal degree
1988-1990 Seattle Central Community College
1992-2000 Photographic Center NW, Volunteer (8 years): Color darkroom processors weekly cleaning & maintenance (cibachrome & ra-4). Volunteer work in exchange for using the color darkrooms, where I learned to print color photographs.