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Larry’s Boutique of Luxurious Luxuries - Chicago, IL. July 2018. This is one of my favorite hasseblad photos. I like to joke amongst myself - as the only person who has seen this image - that this photo is the modern American gothic with a spla Chicago, IL. June 2019. This was a charming  summer tourism spot I shot and directed for Choose Chicago. Swipe through to the end to watch the director’s cut for the spot I made and rewrote. 

It’s always a pleasure to work at home and cr Detroit, MI. May 2021. This is a fantastic story my friends and I shot about two individuals, Timothy and Nicole, on an internal wellness journey of changing their conditioning while outwardly expressing their new-found health by investing in the com Midlothian, TX. July 2022. Chloe Burk @c.m.burk.westernart showing us her world and inspiration. It was an intimate look into the motivation and beauty behind her story and art. These motion grabs are so captivating to me that I might have to post mo Somewhere between mountains, Haiti. Aug 2018. 

Today I woke up from a dream that I was back amongst my Caribbean brothers and sisters. I miss the way they speak English the most, it’s the best English accent to me. Well, I miss that, and their Chicago, IL. August 2021. It’s one of those things that if you lived it, you know it. I’m talking about the days when the block you lived on might as well have been the entire universe, and that’s all that ever existed. 

It’s Saigon, Vietnam. June 2023. A year later, I still hold the time in Vietnam in high regards, as it is a real mile marker in my current era of life. For context, the documentary my friends and I are creating partially takes place in Vietnam. This trip The House of Dandy, LA. June 2023. Last summer I had a lot of fun helping @briestoner bring to life a 70s themed getaway film for her song “Magdalene.” The music video was a beautiful, hazy dream and the time with cast + owners of @thehou Chicago, IL. Feb 2023. Good times with all my friends. I loved this image from this spot we shot for VietFive. Shot out to my brother, Tuan and all my friends that help make that piece special. This is one of my favorite images from it. I’ll po Stroud, OK. Oct 2021.  Bud: Part 1

This is a potentially captivating, uniquely confusing and beautifully American story that always went unresolved in my mind. I’ve sat on this story for a few years now and I still find myself curious about ho El Paso, TX. Dec 2021. Last light: savoring the moments till it’s gone. #arrialexa #arri #elpaso #texas #cowboy Bardstown, KY. March 2024. American Traditions in bourbon. Motion screen grabs from a down and dirty shoot last week with some of my favorite people. Can you believe this handsome dude isn’t an actor? This is Gill’s first time on camera, Nashville, TN. Sept 2023. I met @marcscibilia back in mid 2010s shooting a project called In Bed With (shout out Mudd). His music always stuck with me and some of his songs even defined certain eras of my life. This guy is telling stories the way I l Chicago, IL. Dec 2020. The Big Slick. 

I was digging for some images for a mood board today and found this gem. Look at @malikkvamme stepping in to the role like he’s been doing it all his life. C’mon now!! I shot this with my friends fo Thomasville, GA. May 2019. In 2019, I had a lot of fun with my friends shooting a cross-country campaign for a chewing tobacco brand; we featured a slew of American Makers from every little crevice of USA. It was a grassroots approach to the campaign Sawyer, MI. May 2018. This cafe was always a launching point for adventures on the lake and this moment in particular always stirs up desire for simplicity. Life became vastly more complicated in the last 4 years, right?! LOL 😝

Something that reson Muskegon, MI. Jan 2021. Midwestern Americana in the cold. Found these gems looking through old drives and smiled. What does it take to lasso the Texas Sun? Alpine, TX. December 2021. Clackamas, OR. August 2021. Hanging with Jason of @oxoverland and doing some overland stuff to arrive out in a beautiful location. Adventure is out there! Swipe for some BTS. York, ME. June 2019. Beautiful moments with Smith’s Leather Balm. #hasselblad #mediumformatfilmphotography

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