I shot some portraits with actress and model Alyssia Johnson for her resume. We used stand lights, but the white background is just my apartment wall and the black background is the flag side of a five-sided reflector.
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Performance: Sarabande Spring Show 2018
More from the archive: Sarabande’s spring show from last year, with a belly dance group who did a guest dance during the show. I loved Sarabande’s costuming this semester! Click on individual images to see them full-size.
PNDP Final Project: Hair
The end of Program for Narrative and Documentary Practice last semester culminated in a multi-week project about a subject of our choice. I chose hair, and started calling at barber shops and salons to see if they’d let me take pictures there. I learned a lot about hair, met a lot of cool hair stylists,…
Evelyn Swift Shuker Headshots
Evelyn Swift Shuker, local (Boston/Philly — hire them!) performance artist, director, and playwright, was the lead actress in a short film I made last semester. My co-director and I were lucky to do well enough on the project’s Kickstarter that we could pay them actual money, but I also did their headshots. We headed over…
Sarabande Fall Show 2018
Another from the archive — Sarabande’s fall 2018 show. I shot that show a few months after I had back surgery and was still pretty early in my recovery. I felt uncertain about saying yes to taking photos of a dance show, because I knew it would require a lot of hurrying back and forth…
COVID-19 Self-Quarantine Photos, Week 1
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3Ps Production of The Hungry Woman
This past semester, I shot the dress rehearsal of 3Ps’ production of The Hungry Woman, a play based on Aztec religion, Medea and La Llorona. Here’s a selection of images from that.