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Making PICKMAN’S MASTERPIECE
This is a recent project I photographed for Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine called PICKMAN’S MASTERPIECE. This sequence of images is based on a 1927 short story by H.P. Lovecraft called Pickman’s...
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Making PERSEPHONE
This is the third and final photograph from my new project titled PERSEPHONE. In Greek mythology, Persephone was a nature goddess who became Queen of the Underworld after being abducted by Hades. When...
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Making JACK THE RIPPER
This is my new photo project titled JACK THE RIPPER. It is a 2-panel diptych. Put together, JACK THE RIPPER 1 & 2 depict the moments “just before” and “just after” a grisly alleyway murder. What...
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Making LAST STAND
This is my new photograph titled LAST STAND. It depicts a family about to be consumed by a horde of zombies. The star of the photo is A. Michael Baldwin from the classic Horror movie Phantasm (1979)....
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Making MONSTER PROM
This is my recent photo project titled MONSTER PROM. I re-imagined iconic monsters Dracula, Frankenstein, and Wolfman as teenagers posing for their Prom photos. This project was a commission from Sony....
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Making INNSMOUTH
This is my new photograph titled INNSMOUTH. This image is based on the 1931 story Shadow Over Innsmouth by legendary Horror author H.P. Lovecraft. This photograph stars actor Doug Jones (The Shape of...
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Making INNSMOUTH PORTRAITS
This is my recent photo project titled INNSMOUTH PORTRAITS. I photographed 4 vintage portraits of the monstrous fish people created by J. Anthony Kosar and his team at Kosart Effects as a supplement to...
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Making JEKYLL & HYDE
This is my recent photo project titled JEKYLL & HYDE. I staged JEKYLL & HYDE as a triptych of 3 images: Before, Mid-Transformation, and After. The classic story The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll...
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Making NOSFERATU
This is my new photograph titled NOSFERATU. I recreated the famous silent-film image of Nosferatu feeding on his female victim in bed, but in luscious color. For the vampire, blood is both feast and...
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FREQUENT STUDENT QUESTIONS: When and where were you born? I was born in Emporia, Kansas in 1973. I grew up in Kansas City, where I still live and work today. Did you go to college for photography? No,...
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