Black-and-white photograph of industrial grain silos above a graffiti wall.

How I Work

Four practices. One vision.

Growing up, my mom taught us not to be one thing.

She wasn't being philosophical. She was passing down a way of being. In Black and Appalachian tradition, you are what the moment needs, often what the village needs. You make do, and you make it beautiful. Versatility isn't a personality trait. It's a survival strategy, a form of love, a commemoration.

I carry that forward. Photography, consulting, curation, and facilitation aren't separate careers running parallel to each other; they're the same impulse appearing in different forms. Each discipline sharpens the others. The strategist makes me a better photographer. The curator makes me a better facilitator. The artist keeps the consultant honest.

The throughline, always, is people, place, and the pursuit of something worth making, together.

Two worn chairs against a concrete wall, in black and white.

One

Strategic Consulting

Good strategy doesn't just move organizations; it moves people. I bring a social scientist's structure and an artist's instincts to every engagement, working alongside clients to build strategies that are methodologically sound, compelling, and accountable to the communities they serve.

Strategy + Communications

|||Brand and communications strategy
|||Narrative analysis and development
|||Copywriting
|||Organizational strategy

Policy + Engagement

|||Community engagement
|||Policy analysis and advocacy
|||Government and public affairs
|||Program design

Framed black-and-white landscape photograph shot on film.

Two

Film Photography

Film slows everything down, and that's why I shoot it. The analog process requires patience and presence, from both the photographer and the subject. The result is images that carry feeling, personality, history, and truth.

Sessions + Work

|||Portraits
|||Headshots
|||Lifestyle sessions
|||Street and Documentary
|||Fine art

Portrait, lifestyle, and street, shot on film. Unhurried, intentional, present.

A father lifting his laughing child, shot on black-and-white film.

Street portrait of a man with locs in a park.

Two women smiling together, in black and white.

A woman in a bright hand-knit sweater by the river.

Black-and-white portrait of a bearded man with sunglasses on his cap.

Three

Creative Consulting

Curation is an act of care, for artists and their art, for communities that consume the work, and for the spaces where the work is shown. I build and grow exhibitions, events, and environments that hold complexity with intention, creating experiences that produce connection and reflection.

Exhibition + Gallery

|||Exhibition curation
|||Artist selection and placement
|||Collection development

Events + Spaces

|||Business and commercial interior curation
|||Multimedia event curation and planning
|||Creative direction
|||Residency planning and management

A wooden boardwalk leading through the woods, in black and white.

Four

Facilitation + Workshops

The best ideas often emerge from shared curiosity. I co-design and lead sessions with my clients that create the conditions for honest inquiry, collective curiosity, and measurable outcomes, whether that's a community listening session, a strategic planning retreat, or a storytelling workshop.

Research + Engagement

|||Qualitative research
|||Focus groups
|||Community listening and outreach

Strategy + Education

|||Ideation sessions
|||Storytelling and narrative skill building
|||Workshops and creative education

People, place, and the pursuit of something worth making, together.

Let's work together