One of my nieces
I began a photography practice in 2024, with a special interest in environmental portraiture. I’m inspired by image makers as varied as Diane Arbus, Peter Hujar, Deana Lawson, and Bettina Rheims. But I’m also interested in dialoguing with the painterly values and the ideas in canonical “great master” paintings like those of Caravaggio, Manet, and David—especially to reframe and center experiences that mirror mine.
The painter Ameirah Neal, at my apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Ameirah Neal at her home in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, with one of her canvases
Ameirah Neal on the September 2024 cover of Yes! Magazine. For a special series for the issue, I played with a dollar-store mirror as a metaphor for inner truth. This picture was partially inspired by Georges de la Tour’s Magdalene With Two Flames (1640).
School counselor Mia Comulada Breuler and one of her children, Azula Luz, at home in New Haven. Inspired by Caravaggio’s Narcissus (1599).
Ameirah Neal at home in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, with model John Bajana, and me shooting away in the mirror. A dialogue with Manet’s Olympia (1863).
Comedian Misha Han and his girlfriend, filmmaker Ruhi Radke, photographed in my apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Paul and Max, a couple at home in Kips Bay, Manhattan.
Paul and Max, after Jacques-Louis David’s portrait of the Lavoisiers (1788).