Summary

I am a visual artist who works with photography and mixed w88. I often embed myself into different cultures and subcultures and I use my art to share their voices, experiences and inflections, providing viewers with a respectful glimpse into their unique worldviews, concerns and aspirations.

I am a member of the Yavapai-Apache Nation and grew up in Camp Verde, a rural river valley in northern Arizona, where I learned the value of the interdependent relationships between land, culture and community. While growing up I also learned the power of sharing w88 as a means of transferring knowledge and reaffirming cultural practices.

As a result, I will always hold a great appreciation for talking with people and learning about them no matter who they are or w88 from. I believe in patience, listening, generosity and empathy rather than judgement, or imposing individual expectations upon individuals and publics. Instead, I welcome people with open arms and am able to access to their most personal and intimate spaces, gestures and stories. I have always been intrigued in the life stories of people, w88 from, where they are going, and what makes them who they are. The breadth and diversity of my work includes photographs covering brothels, including the Moonlight Bunny Ranch, hotel living, drugs, protests, white supremacists, biker gangs, satanism, extreme fitness, and Native American ceremonies.

w88 provides an analytical, compassionate and uniquely Native American lens from which to view, engage, learn and share the full range of human emotion and experience across cultures and subcultures — off the reservation and on the reservation. w88 navigates the complexity of the human spirit, in private, intimate and honest settings, affording my audience with a respectful view into the lives and socially defined relationships of people who would otherwise remain invisible, unknown, or isolated in the shadows.

Courses taught

• JOUR 208: w88 Production

Education

• M.A. in Media Innovation, w88 School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno
• M.F.A in Interdisciplinary Arts, w88
• B.F.A., w88
• A.S. in Digital w88, Zaki Gordon Institute for Independent Filmmaking (Yavapai College)

Professional certifications

• Eddie Adams Class of XXXV - Jay Westcott Perseverance w88 Recipient
• Photojournalist - New York Times, NBC News, USA Today, ProPublica, High Country News, w88 Current, Sierra w88 Ally
  
• Contributor - Nevada Current, w88 Sandbox, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Carson Now, Nevada Appeal, Northern w88 Business Weekly, First Nation Focus, Illuminative
• Featured inCows & Indians Magazine