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Star Chefs 2012
Official Event Photography

Tacoma’s beloved Broadway Center hosted their annual fundraising gala on Sunday, April 1 at the Pantages theater. This was my first time photographing the event and BOY howdy, do they throw a good party. The theme was Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and the entire space was decked to the nines – I’ve never seen anything…

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Capturing a Sense of Place: Words and Images

I’m always thrilled to work with the Tacoma Public Library! Hope the weather holds for the photowalk tomorrow. Capturing a Sense of Place 2: Words & Images In 247 words or less what is your favorite place to hang out in Tacoma? Why? What’s it like? How does it make you feel? What’s unique about…

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Fall Free for All Images Official Event Photographer

Giant toxic sludge puppets. Alice In Wonderland interactive. Indie bands. Film festival. Live theatre. Food. Poetry. Spoken Word. Could the Broadway Center’s Fall Free for All be any cooler? As festivals in Tacoma go, this one certainly took the cake for its outlet for creative expression in all forms. And it was free. So yeah,…

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Voices of the City Project Photographer

Over the course of the past few months, I’ve served as event photographer for EnJoy Productions and Broadway Center on a civic arts initiative called, “Voices of the City.” The project’s aim was to encourage dialogue between regular citizens from all walks of life and demographics. The participants attended workshops over the course of three…

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Fremont Abbey Arts Center presents: Cathedrals Seattle Event Photographer

Thanks to Fremont Abbey Arts Center for having me out to shoot last night’s amazing Cathedrals Show, held at Saint Mark’s in Seattle. Bryan John Appleby, Campfire Ok, Noah Gundersen, Nouela Johnston, Mark Pickerel and Grant Olsen filled the space – oh how they filled that space! Through the first two acts, no one on stage spoke and the artists…

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