Live from the 15th Floor with Ryane Watkins
FacesI put my subjects into scenarios.
I try to judge what you'll best respond to. Sometimes it's talking to the cute cashier at the corner bodega; sometimes it's chasing down...
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Geometric Portraiture
FacesAs I practice lighting, I’ve been thinking about what makes one of my portraits one of my portraits. At the surface, skill, familiarity, and necessary tools are important. I...
Getting to Know Dave Floyd
Clients, FacesSometimes you meet someone who makes meeting someone seem so easy. That was the way with Dave Floyd, a New York Life insurance agent I ran into at a...
Durán in a Morning
Clients, FacesEarlier this year I shot portraits with a new dancer friend, Remy Fernández-O'Brien. He invited me to join a six-week-soccer league, where I met his brother, Durán.
Durán's first name,...
Remy in an Afternoon
FacesRemy Fernandez-O'Brien is a dancer, DJ, and educator.
He's a proud Boriqua, hailing from Holyoke, MA—the highest-concentrated area of Puerto Ricans on the mainland. Though, like me, he's moonlighting as...
Sitting with my Mother
FacesEven before the start, my mother guided me toward photography.
While on a vacation for her birthday in 2014, she asked if I wanted a camera, then split the cost of one...
A Very Cloacas Farewell
FacesI arrived in Santa Fe last week to say goodbye. I started the trip with my dear friend Rochelle, and ended it with friends I didn't realize I was...
America Needs More Portraits of Black Men
FacesWhy does America need more portraits of black men?
Last week Jeronimo Yanez joined the ranks of so many police officers who have killed black men, women, and children with...
Road to Rich’s 2017
Events, FacesWelcome to Road to Rich's 2017!
If this is your first time, here's some packing advice. There may be snowpack, sunburn, margaritas, dancing, Bloody Marys, jaw-loosening clouds of THC, picking in the woods,...
City of Roses
FacesIn March, by chance, I ran into my friend Gabriel.
He invited me to participate in City of Roses, a photography show he imagined for Duel Brewing in Albuquerque. The focus of the show: a...
Evolution Bleed
Faces, ShapesRecently, I started feeling like I'm 20 years old.
I mean as a young artist. At that moment, I felt like my poems were magic building blocks. Like when you're five years...