LA Photographer

I’ve been a customer of @adorama & @printique_by_adorama for years! Grateful to have been in conversation with Libby & featured by Printique today. You can read the full spread at the link in bio Special shoutouts to all the women who love me & lift me up 💕 #womensfriendshipday #printique_by_adorama

“For My Younger Self” is a conversation with the many versions of myself that have faded away & the one I’m learning right now. Moments like this are filled with so much gratitude & grief all at once. It was scary to share this part of my journey, though not unique in experience, it is uniquely mine. Today I’m happy to be vulnerable but keep in mind I am a human & im sensitive about my shit. My piece will be on view til June 17th at Band of Vices in LA 🌻

I love creating videos of my work — it brings a new life to my images, it allows me to see it in new ways, & I get to incorporate my love for music with my love for photography. With all of that in mind, I still value letting an image breathe. Letting your eye take its time where you want it to without having to pause or rewatch. So, here’s a few selects from my studio session with Frances that you can take your time with💫

Thank you to @adobecreativeclub.us @twentiethstreetgarden for having us! 💐 if you have access to an archive, digitize it, frame some photos, share some stories about the people you see, & keep adding to it! Happy Mamas day! 💛

Ancestor’s Daughter by @igoby_grace photographed by me Cannot wait to hold this book in my hands!! My first front & back covers 🥹 Thank you for the honor Grace!

@ravencherisse @sheisland_film for @caribbeanlifenews written by @milettemillington photographed by me

💌 We’re spending March highlighting women in our creative community whose work we admire! 💌 Next up, we’d love for you all to get to know the work of Qurissy (@qurissy ) She’s a photographer, cultural broadcaster, maker, & side-quest queen based in Los Angeles! Qurissy is currently in Chicago teaching photography, and has been drawn to the kind of making that gets her hands dirty like emulsion lifts, cyanotypes, and other alternative photographic processes that keep her tactile with the craft. The behind the scenes you see in slide 4 is a student of hers doing an emulsion lift! We really love her connection to her family archives in her work. She’s been waist-deep in digitizing those archives and spending time with old photographs and the stories they carry. In her words she “loves exhibiting [her] work, there’s nothing like finishing a piece and hearing how audiences receive it.” As everyone is finding more ways to be offline, going out to see an artists work is becoming more and more imperative. Qurissy is one of those creatives you’d really enjoy spending time with looking at art! Outside the studio, she’s mixing unique juice blends and make the best playlists to vibe to 💓 ❔A question for you all, does anyone have any stilts? I think Qurissy has something brewing lol drop a ladder in the comments to show some love and maybe attract someone with stilts!! 🪜 #womenshistorymonth #meetcreatively #creativewoman #photography

@luise.grossmann Uppercut premiere in LA

@kaystackss in blue photographed by me

@nataliee.guerrero for @booksareforpeople photographed by me Assisted by @lomaxmm

Huge congrats to @addp for being the first woman to win an Oscar for Cinematography!!! We celebrate you on episode 14 of Photographer Life Check & all your cinemagraphic choices with @ashley.oshay ! Now how do we get Autumn on the podcast??

Yall if I could bottle up the joy & excitement i see the moment my students grasp a concept, or watch their film develop, or rinse their cyanotype!! Man!!! It feels so good to see someone else enjoy making. I didn’t know until becoming “Professor Q” how much that would impact me & my practice. I love learning. I love making. I love teaching! Also such perfect timing to be able to teach this practice as I was preparing for my exhibit. The alignment was strong right there. Forever grateful.