photography

in Ecuador when it’s the new year everyone makes scarecrows and burns them in the streets. the tradition is to put a mask on the scarecrow so it looks like a politician or a celebrity or whoever and then jump over it with your friends and family. the scarecrow is called “año viejo” or “old year.”

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when traveling in Mancora, Peru, a well known beach town on the north coast, i spent a few days with a two musicians i met there. this is alexander. he’s swiss and worked at a hostel. he played little Beethoven pieces on kazoo and acoustic guitar, as well as death metal songs.

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a rotting tomato i found in our kitchen in Quito.

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i went to Senegal to visit Steve Wood in april 2009 and we had a small party in his hut.

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an anemone at the Washington, DC zoo from 2004. (taken with film)

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in 2008 i took a bus from Charlottesville, VA to Washington, DC where i was living. the reflection in the bus window was just incredible.

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in high school and college and still sort of i really like(d) reflections. especially ones that take you to infinity like this one. i think it’s from 2003 (film).

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a friend Vero asked me to do a series of photographs for her design company. part of the series was photographing ballet dancers at a local dance school. 2008.

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on a hike in Las Puntas outside of Quito we encountered a group of local children. 2009.

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River Joe Wasser. Mindo, Ecuador. 2008.

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a couple of tents in Canoa, Ecuador. 2009.

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at the Halloween Dance at the American School of Quito. 2009.

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me at Tierra Santa in Buenos Aires (taken by Erica Rosen). 2010.

On a walk through a green-living street fair, NYC 2008.

painted tree, NYC 2008.

Dice, Eastern Market, Washington, DC. 2008

At Abby Matlin’s high school graduation. A faceless student graduates, Reisterstown, MD. 2008.