Aster's Celebration

March 11, 2024

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Packed up the RV and drove seven hours to work on a new project I’ve been concocting in Kanab, Utah and the surrounding parks. Here we go! 🏕 #utah #utahphotographer #photographer #photography #photo #travel #travelphotography #fineart #visuala

Just finished the first planning session for my @hispanoman #falseidolworship exhibition at @cmcuratorial in San Diego that’ll be opening this August. The opening will take place on the second Saturday of the month. It’ll be an incredibly

This weekend, dozens of runners from around the world ran past my Neighbors Project installation in Oklahoma City! You can see it downtown at the Bok Park Plaza for another year. So cool to unintentionally be part of a great event. 📸 second photo by

The newest wall art in Logan Heights just went up this morning. Corner of 26th and Imperial.
I chose the piñata as a subject because I wanted to tie this work into the neighborhood and celebrate strong Mexican-American culture that lives here

“Surreptitious,” a body of work created throughout the five boroughs in May and June of 2018 will be exhibited at @thephotographerseyecollective this summer. These were originally hung at @thestorefrontproject and on the streets of Manhat

It’s Chicano Park Day! And another awesome San Diego day: sunny and warm with an occasional breeze. And I’m back at it. I just finished photographing my first few portraits for my Neighbors Project. We’ll be here until later this af

Just finished a productive planning session! Here’s a sneak peak of the content for my upcoming show at @thephotographerseyecollective in Escondido, CA. “Surreptitious” at The Photographer’s Eye opens July 13th. Please join me

#tbt In 2017, I was commissioned by the @anchoragemuseum to exhibit the Neighbors Project within the Museum, on its facade and within the community of Anchorage. Here’s one of the portraits I created while there! #neighborsportraits #neighborsp

Excited for the opening of artist Andres Serrano “The Game: All Things Trump” at ArtX in NYC. It’s an incredible portrait of Trump through the monument of stuff that’s he’s created to celebrate his ego. Truly remarkable

Things are different this time. Usually, as the plane readies to touch down on the tarmac of JFK airport, I’m excited by all the things and people that await me in New York City. So many things can and do happen in this ever bustling city and I

Please take a moment to visit my website and check out “Surreptitious,” a body of street photography I created in the five boroughs of New York during the months of May and June, 2018 that was shown at @thestorefrontproject in August, 201

Here’s a look at what happened to my Neighbors Project in Downtown Manhattan several weeks after it was installed last May. What do you think? Was my work defaced? Or did it become a community collaboration? Check out the link in my bio to hear