My work is about rock and roll, specifically the rock and roll environment I live in, the subculture. In 1980, during high school, I was swallowed up by punk rock in Southern California. That scene was a creative incubator where I developed my vision. Throughout most of the Nineties I took a hiatus from photography – I moved to San Diego and was managing bands (Rocket From The Crypt, Drive Like Jehu, Big Drill Car, Supernova), then in 2002 I moved to Long Beach, CA, and got a straight job – I returned to photography around 2005 and started shooting in the streets but I could not resist the call of the sweaty rock clubs that I love so much. So I ended up right back in the rock and roll scene – Which is how I like it.

I am a founding member of Steal Music Buy Art collective and a regular contributor to New Noise Magazine. My work has been featured in VICE / Noisey, Razorcake, Fox 6 San Diego TV, Album covers, books and periodicals and websites all over the world.

February 2017 – “Family Gatherings” My first book was published by Stolen Tuxedo

Select Shows, 2016: Somatic Gallery – Long Beach, Liberty Gallery – Long Beach, Joy Gallery – San Francisco, Crew – Costa Mesa, Phonography – Los Angeles, Los Angeles Punk Rock Museum – Los Angeles

Selected images:

Phil Alvin – Fingerprints Music, Long Beach, CA

Rocket From The Crypt – Del Mar Race Track, Del Mar, CA

X – OC Fair, Costa Mesa, CA

International Swingers – Rock n Roll Pizza, Moorpark, CA

The Damned – House of Blues, Anaheim, CA

The Replacements – Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, CA

OFF! – Fox Theatre, Pomona, CA

Iggy and the Stooges – Queen Mary, Long Beach, CA

Foo Fighters – Rock n Roll Pizza, Moorpark, CA

Descendents – Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA

Captain Sensible – Alex’s Bar, Long Beach, CA