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Tattoo removal

I covered tattoo removal in Olympia for a Klipsun story last month. A program called Ink Out focused on gang related tattoo removal. The program worked mainly with teenagers and young adults looking to change their lives. I met Aurora Ortiz a young teenage girl looking to remove a South Siders tattoo on her forearm. [...]

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Bodybuilder

Stephanie Singer lifts two 45-pounds weights during her training session at the Wade King Recreation Center, on March 10, 2009. Singer conditions and strengthens her body on a daily basis in preparation for her upcoming bodybuilding competition. “This is a full time job. This lifestyle is 24 hours, 7 days a week.”

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Suspension

I photographed body suspension in Seattle for my last assignment for Klipsun. I met up with PURE circus for a private suspension session in a warehouse just under the West Seattle Bridge. I got to meet some really nice people, including the two individuals who were suspended: Maxx Sundquist and Michael “Lurch” Robinson. Overall it [...]

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Cutting

I photographed this series a couple weeks back for a story running in Klipsun magazine. I traveled down to Portland to meet Emily Merker at her apartment. She is defitnetly one of the nicest people I have photographed. At a new transition in her life Merker stressed the importance of being a voice for those who inflict intentional harm [...]

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Dumpster diving cover concepts

         Here is a photo-illustration that Jon Bergman, Damon Call and myself worked on for the cover of Klipsun magazine. The story was about dumpster divers, who search for a myriad of products that stores throw away (food, candles, etc.). My friend gave us permission to use her dumpster, which was ripe to say the [...]