Curated Exhibitions
Discovering Ansel Adams
131 prints, traveling to
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
September 27, 2024 - January 19, 2025
Oklahoma City Museum of Art,
Oklahoma City, OK
June 7, 2025 to September 28, 2025
Baker Museum of Art, Naples, FL,
February 28 – June 21, 2026
W. Eugene Smith: A Life in Pictures
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson
September 2, 2023 to February 3, 2024
43 fine prints
Richard Avedon: Relationships
106 prints traveling to:
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
September 22, 2022 to January 29, 2023
Galaria d’Arte Moderna, Palermo, Italy
April 7, 2023-July 30, 2023
Kunsthal Rotterdam, The Netherlands
June 1, 2024-October 6, 2024
Fashioning Self: The Photography of Everyday Expression
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
March 8-November 5, 2023
53 fine prints and social media fall wall
Alanna Airitam: The Golden Age
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson
April 16-October 29, 2022
10 fine prints
Ansel Adams: Performing the Print
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
January 11, 2020 – March 28, 2021
60 fine prints
The Qualities of LIGHT: The Story of a Pioneering New York City Photography Gallery
Center for creative photography
Dec 14, 2019 – June 27, 2020
25 fine prints
David Hume Kennerly Pop-Up Exhibition
University of arizona campus
October 11, 2019 – October 14, 2019
March 10, 2020 - March 22, 2020
63 photographs on 20 photo towers
David Hume Kennerly: Witness to History
University of arizona, old main building
October 11, 2019 – Present
25 fine prints
A Portrait of Poetry: Photographs and Video by B.A. Van Sise
Center for Creative Photography
June 1, 2019 – November 23, 2019
Mexican Photographers, Mexican Views
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
December 1, 2018 – June 19, 2019
66 fine prints
Richard Avedon: Relationships
Center for Creative Photography
December 15, 2018 – May 11, 2019
86 fine prints
Ansel Adams: Examples
Heritage Gallery, Center for Creative Photography
February 22 – May 4, 2019
20-30 fine prints
Ansel Adams: Performing the Print
Center for Creative Photography
February 16 – May 20, 2018
22 fine prints
Courting Failure, Embracing Risk: Mark Klett and Collaboration
Center for Creative Photography
December 23, 2017 – May 20, 2018
77 fine prints (40 works loaned from two lenders)
Invisible to the Eye
Center for Creative Photography
July 8 – November 25, 2017
17 fine prints (all 17 works loaned by artists)
To Be Thirteen: Photographs and Videos by Betsy Schneider
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
May 4 – November 11, 2018
20 fine prints, 250 “archive” prints and a 51-minute video
Wrote 6,000-word essay for book publication with Radius Books/Phoenix Art Museum
W. Eugene Smith: A Life in Pictures
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
November 26, 2017 – January 28, 2018
151 fine prints
Wrote 8,700-word essay for book publication with CREVIS, Inc., Japanese language only
Here and Abroad: Photographs by David Taylor
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
May 26 – October 16, 2016
276 unframed prints from Monuments project, plus 25 framed prints (all works on loan from the artist)
Edited 4400-word interview with artist for gallery guide brochure (bilingual)
Fruit, Flowers, Books, Bones
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
December 5, 2015 – May 3, 2016
Center for Creative Photography
September 24, 2016 – April 29, 2017
64 fine prints from the Center, and 5 paintings and works on paper from Phoenix Art Museum
Wrote 300-word gallery guide brochure (bilingual)
One-of-a-Kind: Unique Photographic Objects from the Center for Creative Photography
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
April 11 – October 25, 2015
77 fine prints
Wrote 300-word gallery guide brochure
PLATINUM: Contemporary Photography
Orme Lewis Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
January 10 – April 5, 2015
30 fine prints, all lent by the four participating contemporary photographers
Wrote 1,500-word gallery guide brochure
All that Glitters is Not Gold: Platinum Photography from the Center for Creative Photography
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
November 1, 2014 – March 29, 2015
87 fine prints
Co-wrote (with CCP Conservator Jae Gutierrez) 3,000 word essay and “connoisseurship lesson” for gallery guide brochure
INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
August 23 – September 29, 2014
Center for Creative Photography
September 24, 2016 – April 29, 2017
151 self-published books, displayed on tables (selected by 7-person jury from 271 books submitted)
Wrote 500-word gallery guide brochure
See, Hear, Feel: The Photographs of Debra Bloomfield and Christopher Churchill
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
December 7, 2013 – March 23, 2014
58 fine prints (49 loans)
Wrote 1,500-word gallery guide brochure
From Above: Aerial Photography from the Center for Creative Photography
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
May 4 – September 22, 2013
76 fine prints (4 loans)
Wrote 3,500-word gallery guide brochure and worked with digital publisher to create a free e-book for the exhibition
Mont St. Michel and Shiprock: Photographs by William Clift
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
December 22, 2012 – April 7, 2013
79 fine prints (all loans from artist)
Made In Arizona: Photographs from the Collection
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson
August 18 – November 25, 2012
84 fine prints, 2 artist books
Wrote 4,000-word gallery guide brochure
W. Eugene Smith: Photo Essays
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
March 10 – June 17, 2012
57 fine prints, 40 loose Life magazine pages, 3 Life magazine issues
Wrote 1,000-word gallery guide brochure
Selected media coverage: Richard Nilsen, “Saint of photojournalists at Phoenix Art Museum,” Arizona Republic, March 31, 2012.
Ansel Adams: The View From Here
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson
December 10, 2011 – March 4, 2012
38 fine prints, 7 archival objects
Iconic Arizona: Celebrating the Arizona Centennial with Photographs from the Center for Creative Photography
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
November 12, 2011-March 4, 2012
67 fine prints, interactive website component allows members of the community to upload their own Arizona pictures which appear on two touch-screen monitors within the gallery
Wrote 3,000-word gallery guide brochure
Selected media coverage: William R. Thompson, “Art Scene: Iconic Arizona,” AZ Lifestyle, December 2011, pages 115-120.
Ansel Adams: Arizona and the West
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson
December 28, 2010 - May 15, 2011
37 fine prints
Brett Weston and Sonya Noskowiak: Inspired Vision
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
December 4, 2010 – April 17, 2011
77 fine prints, 3 archival objects (loans) and 1 sculpture (loan)
Wrote 1,400-word gallery guide brochure
Creative Continuum: The History of the Center for Creative Photography
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
July 24 – November 28, 2010
89 fine prints, 14 archival objects and 1 film clip
Traveled to the Center for Creative Photography, August 20 – November 27, 2011 [expanded to 121 fine prints, 34 archival objects, 1 film clip and 1 video slide show]
Wrote 3,300-word gallery guide brochure
Exposing Time: Capturing Change with Photography
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
March 6, 2010 - June 27, 2010
97 fine prints (67 loans from four lenders)
Wrote 2,000-word gallery guide brochure
Ansel Adams: Discoveries
Steele Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
January 31, 2010 – June 6, 2010
140 fine prints, 75 archival objects, 1 video slide show
Selected media coverage: July/August 2010 Photograph Magazine, page 8
Face to Face: 150 Years of Photographic Portraiture
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
September 19, 2009 – January 10, 2010
Traveled to Center for Creative Photography, December 28, 2010 - May 15, 2011 [expanded to 87 fine prints (12 loans), 9 archival objects]
65 fine prints (10 loans), 9 archival objects
Wrote 2,600-word gallery guide brochure
Selected media coverage: Richard Nilsen, “Face the Lens, Facing Ourselves,” Arizona Republic, October 16, 2009
Charting the Canyon: Photographs by Mark Klett & Byron Wolfe
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
March 21, 2009 – September 6, 2009
Autry National Center of the American West, Los Angeles, CA
September 25, 2009 - January 3, 2010
26 fine prints (all 26 works on loan from the artist), 2 viewing apparatus, 1 explanatory video produced for the exhibition
Wrote 2,000-word gallery guide brochure
Odyssey: The Photographs of Linda Connor
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
November 30, 2008 to March 8, 2009
Traveled to Palm Springs Art Museum, December 12, 2009 - April 4, 2010; Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, July 2 - October 31, 2010; Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL, November 20, 2010 - February 6, 2011;
96 fine prints (all 96 works on loan from the artist)
Wrote 500-word gallery guide brochure
Selected media coverage: Richard Nilsen, “Darkroom Spirituality,” Arizona Republic, December 7, 2008, page 4
Edward Weston: Mexico
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
August 9, 2008 – November 15, 2008
52 fine prints, 20 archival objects
Wrote 2,300-word gallery guide brochure
Human Nature: The Photographs of Barbara Bosworth
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
April 19, 2008 - July 27, 2008
43 fine prints (all 43 works on loan from the artist)
Wrote 1,500-word gallery guide brochure
Richard Avedon: Photographer of Influence
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
January 12, 2008 - April 13, 2008
Traveled to Nassau County Art Museum, Roslyn Harbor, NY, May 21 – September 4, 2011
54 fine prints
Wrote 2,200-word gallery guide brochure
Debating Modern Photography: the Triumph of Group f/64
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
September 15-December 30, 2007
Center for Creative Photography
February 16 - May 4, 2008
Portland Museum of Art
September 30 – December 5, 2010.
64 fine prints, 10 archival objects
Wrote 1000-word gallery guide brochure
On the Street: The New York School of Photographers
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
May 27, 2007 - September 2, 2007
66 fine prints
Co-Curated Exhibitions
Second Triennial INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks
Co-Curator with Graduate Student Intern
Christian Waguespack
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
December 2, 2016 – April 9, 2017
110 self-published books, displayed on tables (selected by 8-person jury from 180 books submitted)
Wrote 500-word gallery guide brochure (bilingual)
The Lives of Pictures: Forty Years of Collecting at the Center for Creative Photography Co-curator with Center for Creative Photography Chief Curator Joshua Chuang
Center for Creative Photography
October 10, 2015 – May 14, 2016
151 fine prints
The Process and the Page: Developing Photographic Books Co-curator with University of Arizona MA-candidate Jessica Hunter
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
March 29 – August 17, 2014
59 fine prints, 55 archival objects
Co-wrote 3,200-word essay and glossary for gallery guide brochure
Pure Photography, Post Production and Mixed Media Co-curator with University of Arizona MA-candidate River Bullock
Norton Photography Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
April 23 - August 14, 2011
53 fine prints (6 loans), 7 archival objects and 3 film clips
Co-wrote 1,400-word gallery guide brochure plus 1,700-word glossary (60% contribution)
Selected media coverage: Richard Nilsen, “Photography’s Shifting Focus,” Arizona Republic, June 19, 2011, Arts and Entertainment section, page 1