‘Postcard’ from the Caribbean: Collaborative filmmaking as Visual Research Methodology in Puerto Rico and Grenada.
Forthcoming book chapter in Visual Methodologies and Methods for Caribbean Research. Co-authored with Carlos Rivera Fernandez, edited by Joanne de Four-Babb and Sheron Fraser Burge.
Through the Looking Glass: Conservation and Interspecies Relatedness in Telescope, Grenada
Postgraduate dissertation research in Grenville Bay, Grenada, in collaboration with local fishers, farmers, coral gardeners, and scientists; resulted in written dissertation and documentary short film. Supervised by Dr. Jolynna Sinanan, October 2023. Screened at the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Graduate Showcase, October 2023.
The Weaponization of Air: Tear Gas at George Floyd Protests
Article, sound-piece, and photographic essay made from materials collected during fieldwork in Portland, Oregon across two months of the 2020 George Floyd Protests. May 2023.
The Right to Swim: Sensing a “Swimpass” at Kinder Reservoir
Article and photographic essay based on fieldwork at the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass Swim in Hayfield, UK in April 2023. Protesters hiked to Hayfield Reservoir, orchestrating an illegal "swimpass" to advocate for their right to free swimming. May 2023.
Conservation from the Ground Up: Bat Surveys in Greater Manchester
Article, sound-piece, and photographic essay based on fieldwork and interviews with bat conservation groups in Manchester, UK. May 2023.
Whose Streets? Our Streets! Food as Mutual Aid at CHOP
Photographic essay investigating community food distribution at Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) in Seattle, made while camping on-site during the George Floyd Protests of 2020. Exhibited online due to COVID-19 pandemic, April 2022.
Thin Ice: Fishing and Climate Change in Qaanaaq, Greenland
Ethnographic research and fieldwork conducted over two months in Qaanaaq, the northernmost settlement in Greenland, for BFA capstone project, resulting in photographic essay. Supervised by Prof. Robert Machoian Graham. Exhibited online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, April 2020.
Weaving the Archipelago
Exhibited photographs and helped curate a group exhibition of multi-media artwork made during a month-long field study in the Scottish Isles and the Faroe Islands. Exhibited at the Harris Fine Arts Center, Nov. 2019.
Home Visits in Timo, Haiti
Documentary portrait series & photo essay documenting a week of medical home visits by local community health workers living in the Haitian mountain village of Timo. 14th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Recognition in Exemplary Documentary Photography. Exhibited in the Harris Fine Art Center (Provo, UT) in July 2019 and in Fotonostrum Gallery (Barcelona, Catalonia) in February 2020. Honorable Mention.
Sunday Best: Edgemont 21st Ward Relief Society (2018) Wet-collodion tintype portrait series, photographed on Sundays in Provo, Utah after a local church’s Relief Society meetings. Exhibited at d’Art Gallery in Norfolk, Virginia, April 2019. Honorable Mention in 14th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Awards Competition, Recognition in Exemplary Fine Art Photography.
Food, Floors, and Fallen Prophets: Hmong Millenarian Belief in Northern Thailand (2016) Undergraduate dissertation research conducted over four months near Mae Rim, Thailand. This research followed the folkloric narratives of a reformed Hmong Seventh-Day-Adventist prophet, the faith of his followers, and the fallout of his arrest and imprisonment. Supervised by Dr. Jacob Hickman. Presented at Chiang Mai Thai Studies Conference (2016), Southern Utah Student Research Conference (2017) & Brigham Young Senior Research Symposium (2017). Published in Brigham Young Undergraduate Research Symposium Journal (2017). Photographic essay exhibited at Harris Fine Arts Center, April 2017.