About
I am a photographer working in New York City. I create intimate portraits, urban landscapes, and documentation of human relationships and sacred moments. I seek human connection and beauty in ceremonies. My images are printed by hand in black & white. I also used to work with discontinued Polaroid 665 peel-apart film through the Hasselblad back, producing eerie, fractured fragments that feel both present and dreamlike.
Self-portrait
I connect with people through pictures to celebrate who they are. I strive to make images with meaning and artistic integrity that can be treasured for years. I love photographing people and gatherings and finding the art within.
Background
I grew up in Lafayette Park, Detroit. My mom was a ballerina and owner of a cheesecake business. My father, a Chaldean, was an architect and later a grocery store owner.
I drew inspiration from my childhood and while living in Paris, Berlin, Northern California and Bolivia, before settling in New York. I am a commercial, portrait and event photographer based in New York since 2003.
My list of clients includes the Hall Art Foundation, Sotheby’s, Gagosian Gallery, Myles Group, Columbia University, New York University and the Center for Jewish History.
My artwork has been exhibited in Paris, Boston, San Francisco, Berlin and New York. I hold a BA in Economics and French from Smith College and received my photography education at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, the Boston Architectural Center, and The New England School of Photography, Boston. My work has been published in The New York Times, Elle Magazine, and dozens of other publications in the US and Europe.
In front of the base of the Statue of Liberty circa 1982.
Partial list of clients
Columbia University, New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University Phelps Lab, University of Massachusetts, Smith College, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, St. Ann's Warehouse, Sotheby's, New Century Theatre, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA), Chester Theatre, Art Confidant, Hall Art Foundation, Gagosian Gallery NYC, Haunch of Venison NYC, Justice in Motion, Michael Petronko Gallery, Center for Jewish History, Block Institute, Erbach Communications, Pain Therapeutics, Inc., Madonna University, Hamilton Park Montessori, Science Illustrated Denmark, Elle Magazine, Marist Brothers, St. Peter's College, St. Dominic Academy, Hoboken Medical Center, New Center Council Detroit, Interise, Boston
Partial list of exhibitions
CB8M Outdoor Art Show, New York, NY October 2025
Essential, New York. Multimedia group exhibition, October 2009
Arthouse Productions. Photographs and video short, Vespa, October 2008
Madame Claude, Jersey City. Film short, The Other Side of the Bed, October 2008
Faces of Grace, Grace Church, Jersey City, 2007
Cathedral Arts Show, Grace Church, Jersey City, 2006
LITM Gallery, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jersey City, 2006
Open Studios, Jersey City, September 2005
Slow Commotion II: Detroit, December 2003
Slow Commotion, The University of California, Berkeley, Art Museum Annex, January 2002
Remember San Francisco Sonntags-Club, Berlin, Germany, July 2000
Soirée du Soleil, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France, during a residency, multimedia exhibition including performance using electronic sound, video projection, laser light and photography, March 2000
Brainwash San Francisco, performance and exhibition, October 1999
On the Page/Off the Page, San Francisco Public Library, slide presentation of photographs through Revelation Gallery, poetry and sound, October 1999
Leukemia Foundation Art Auction, Revelation Gallery, San Francisco, California, September 1999
Featured Artist, Artisan Creative, San Francisco, California, October 1999
The Naked and the Nude, New England School of Photography Gallery, Boston, July 1998
Women in Photography, Fort Point Artist Community Gallery, Boston, February 1997
Open Studios, Fort Point Artist Community, Boston, October 1996
Open Studios Group Show, Fort Point Artist Community Gallery, Boston, October 1996
Figures of Speech, New England School of Photography Gallery, Boston August 1996
The Big/Little Show, White Elephant Gallery, Boston, June 1996
