Where They At: An archive of New Orleans Hip Hop

Spanning from the onset of Bounce with DJ Jubilee's hit "Back That (ass) Thang up" to the 2005 Southern hip-hop diaspora created by Hurricane Katrina, WTA is a full archive of the emcees, djs, performers, producers and architects of the uniquely New Orleans hip hop subgenre of BOUNCE. Working intimately with NOLA-based music journalist Alison Fensterstock and our handful of partner organizations, this project will span the course of the next year, culminating in April 2010 with a full exhibition at the Smithsonian-affiliated Ogden Museum of Southern Art. This project will couple my portraits, candids and landscape imagery with Fensterstock's narrative and conducted oral histories... Read and See more Where They At

BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS: Portraits of New Orleans' Rebuilders and Residents

It is a year after Katrina, and the streets of New Orleans are still amass with debris. The levees have yet to be fully rebuilt. Stop lights don't function. Abysmal holes in the street are covered with mattresses. The suicide rate has risen. Refrigerators filled with rotted food and maggots, litter the curbs. The National Guard is omnipresent and allowed to shoot at will. Charity hospitals have not reopened. Forms and paperwork still stand in the way of rebuilding, gutting and emotional counseling.
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Roxy Music Renditions

An homage to Roxy Music; it's a real fun project, real fun. I will be recreating all 12 album covers for one of my favorite bands. The first 5 are presently posted. You can view the originals at Roxyrama.com. Thanks to designer Cheree Jett for collaborating on this project with me. Thanks to Soft Action Styling, and all of my models.
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