I am an independent American documentary photographer and photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2008, I received my B.A. in Cultural Anthropology and a minor degree in Nonviolent Conflict Resolution from Colorado College, and I graduated from the International Center of Photography’s photojournalism and documentary photography program in 2010.
Upon the completion of my degree I moved to Khartoum, Sudan and have been photographing mainly in Africa ever since. My experiences living and photographing in Sudan and South Sudan have resulted in a commitment to documenting communities that are at war with their own governments. I am interested not only in the military aspects of these conflicts, but also the impact that these conflicts have on the civilian populations. Last year, I had the opportunity to work on my first personal project which documented the lives of the women rebel soldiers in Kachin State, Myanmar.