American Photography 30 Winners

NightLights (#1)

"NightLights (#1)" is a photographic study of the streetlights and nightscapes of rural Cha-Am, Thailand If you happen to be in Thailand as night falls (especially if you’re traveling down darkening, winding lanes and narrow country roads), your way will often be lit by bare fluorescent bulbs, suspended and rigged in a variety of unintentionally sculptural poses. I travel to Thailand every year to visit my girlfriend’s family. As an outsider, I am fascinated by aspects of the Thai landscape that often go unnoticed. "NightLights" is my interpretation of the architecture of the Thai night; a photographic study of what happens when man-made light sources interact with sweltering, color-saturated tropical nightscapes.

NightLights (#4)

"NightLights (#4)" is a photographic study of the streetlights and nightscapes of rural Cha-Am, Thailand. If you happen to be in Thailand as night falls (especially if you’re traveling down darkening, winding lanes and narrow country roads), your way will often be lit by bare fluorescent bulbs, suspended and rigged in a variety of unintentionally sculptural poses. I travel to Thailand every year to visit my girlfriend’s family. As an outsider, I am fascinated by aspects of the Thai landscape that often go unnoticed. "NightLights" is my interpretation of the architecture of the Thai night; a photographic study of what happens when man-made light sources interact with sweltering, color-saturated tropical nightscapes.

The Micheels House (#14), from the book "After You Left/They Took It Apart (Demolished Paul Rudolph Homes)

The Micheels House (#14), from the book "After You Left/They Took It Apart (Demolished Paul Rudolph Homes). In 2007 I photographed three homes designed by the controversial Modernist Paul Rudolph, just days prior to their demolitions. The resulting images capture a state of Modernist architecture few people have witnessed, revealing the grace of these homes as they stood in defiance of neglect and “progress”. Six years later, the book has finally been published and Rudolph's work is still in jeopardy. "After You Left / They Took It Apart (Demolished Paul Rudolph Homes)" addresses the beauty and importance of these iconic homes (and Modernist architecture as a whole), as well as the personal and cultural frustration over their loss. These photographs document the more abstract and intangible qualities of architecture, as well as the changing American architectural landscape. "After You Left/They Took It Apart" was published in November 2013 by Columbia College Chicago Press/University of Chicago Press. Recent exhibitions include Reform Gallery in LA, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Lewis Glucksman Gallery in Ireland, Art Basel Miami, etc.

The Micheels House (#16), from the book "After You Left/They Took It Apart (Demolished Paul Rudolph Homes)

The Micheels House (#16), from the book "After You Left/They Took It Apart (Demolished Paul Rudolph Homes). In 2007 I photographed three homes designed by the controversial Modernist Paul Rudolph, just days prior to their demolitions. The resulting images capture a state of Modernist architecture few people have witnessed, revealing the grace of these homes as they stood in defiance of neglect and “progress”. Six years later, the book has finally been published and Rudolph's work is still in jeopardy. "After You Left / They Took It Apart (Demolished Paul Rudolph Homes)" addresses the beauty and importance of these iconic homes (and Modernist architecture as a whole), as well as the personal and cultural frustration over their loss. These photographs document the more abstract and intangible qualities of architecture, as well as the changing American architectural landscape. "After You Left/They Took It Apart" was published in November 2013 by Columbia College Chicago Press/University of Chicago Press. Recent exhibitions include Reform Gallery in LA, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Lewis Glucksman Gallery in Ireland, Art Basel Miami, etc.