MUSIC
People have been saying they like the guitar pick necklace that I wear around my neck everyday. It’s a maroon pick with a star emblem on one side, and an album cover on the other side; it carries a lot of meaning for me artistically. For one, it’s a legendary piece of band merch from the singer, my friend, Chloe Kohanski. She was the first musician I photographed, performing back in 2016 at a venue called The End in Nashville. That show was essentially the beginning of my overall body of work. So I wear the pick because it reminds me of music photography, one of my first creative outlets.
I love working with musicians—creating press photos, album covers, and editorials. I’ve been to a ton of shows over the years, but I’ve only been on one short tour with the Districts. My relationship with music has influenced my most ambitious project to date: a four volume book series titled Pom Poms. The ongoing series is a vast and voracious embrace of experience—all within the DIY music scenes of Nashville, Philadelphia, and New York. It focuses not only on the musicians performing onstage, but mainly the relationships observed in the crowd. It is a chronicle of my twenties and an extended ode to the world of underground music.
LIST OF WORKS
1. Chloe, New York, 2023
2. sweet93, New York, 2023
3. Knifeplay, Philadelphia, 2021
4. Tarune, New York, 2022
5. Tarune No. 2, New York, 2022
6. itg.url, New York, 2023
7. May and her set list, New York, 2023
8. The Dare and Angel, New York, 2022
9. Godcaster, New York, 2023
10. Small show, Philadelphia, 2019
11. The Districts, North Carolina, 2019
12. Rob, North Carolina, 2019
13. Hello Mary, New York, 2021
14. Steve Forbert, Philadelphia, 2019
15. Jacques Merlino, Philadelphia, 2018
16. Dori Valentine, Nashville, 2018
17. Hello Mary, New York, 2021
18. Barrie, New York, 2018
19. “Happy To Be Here” cover, 2018
20. Lucy Dacus Tour Poster, 2022
21. Soccer Mommy NATIVE cover, 2018
22. Soccer Mommy for NATIVE, 2018
23. Barrie, New York, 2022
24. Shallowhalo, New York, 2023
25. Shallowhalo No. 2, New York, 2023
26. Shamir, Philadelphia, 2021
27. Tierra Whack, Pennsylvania, 2021
28. Rentboy, Philadelphia, 2019
29. Sid Simons, New York, 2023
30. “Hanging Garden” cover, 2019
31. Thundercat, New York, 2019
32. Marshall Allen, Philadelphia, 2020
33. Melanie Faye She Shreds cover, 2018
34. Mimi, Nashville, 2017
35. Hayley Williams, New York, 2022
36. Jenna, Nashville, 2017
37. X’d hands holding roses, Nashville, 2016
38. Twin Peaks, Nashville, 2016
39. Soccer Mommy, Nashville, 2017
40. Chloe, The End, Nashville, 2016
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