![Riley's 16th birthday party. My gift was shooting two rolls of film.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/da591e14-591e-4b57-bbfa-a0450cdcef4f_rw_1920.jpg?h=fe4507420687a8a5afa234750336d5cb)
Riley's 16th birthday party. My gift was shooting two rolls of film.
![(A different) Riley took me for my first time at Waffle House.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/3f72ae3e-ccd3-4552-bee1-f856eebdd025_rw_1920.jpg?h=3fd35f2cc5a97badc3af21ca923bb0d6)
(A different) Riley took me for my first time at Waffle House.
![Me, Lydia, Sophie and Riley don our matching friendship bracelets at Chipotle, which read whore, slut and tramp, respectively.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/1b0c42d6-4fb4-4d33-ba5a-9793204fc4ff_rw_1920.jpg?h=7065a8ef37a79489337bc8eaa9141520)
Me, Lydia, Sophie and Riley don our matching friendship bracelets at Chipotle, which read whore, slut and tramp, respectively.
![Naomi and I sneak in In-n-Out burger to a Spiderman: Homecoming screening– this was the second theater we came to, after Alamo Drafthouse carded us.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/b014077e-0186-4439-b2e0-382f9bf65f3d_rw_1920.jpg?h=646d8d0f74357f0b78540b9e71ae92ce)
Naomi and I sneak in In-n-Out burger to a Spiderman: Homecoming screening– this was the second theater we came to, after Alamo Drafthouse carded us.
![Audrey the clown on Halloween 2019 in the Walmart frozen section. Chipotle gave free burritos to whoever showed up in costume.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/4b996ba0-fd3c-4b7b-93fc-5469b4818af4_rw_1920.jpg?h=4511ad6e935da751ebf6adabdcfbd2dd)
Audrey the clown on Halloween 2019 in the Walmart frozen section. Chipotle gave free burritos to whoever showed up in costume.
![Sophie, Summer and I on the Fourth of July. This was the third year in a row I spent the fourth with Sophie, who's parents booked a hotel room with a firework view every year.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/2aca97c7-bef6-46bd-9e6b-63733427ad7d_rw_1920.jpg?h=26e833703db89353461aedb8fed41add)
Sophie, Summer and I on the Fourth of July. This was the third year in a row I spent the fourth with Sophie, who's parents booked a hotel room with a firework view every year.
![Chloe on set for SZA's Prom original music video for Ezzah's Orenda (now Hazze) Magazine.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/c733f66c-cf52-48f0-8dfa-5281fee13a1e_rw_1920.jpg?h=908e6238b1817cdeca6d3894c4431363)
Chloe on set for SZA's Prom original music video for Ezzah's Orenda (now Hazze) Magazine.
![Sunset in Portland, OR in March 2019 during the Society for Photographic Education conference. I was the youngest photographer in attendance at age 15.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/26e6ccfc-aab0-43c7-872e-0bac6a45d8a9_rw_1920.jpg?h=45aa01c5300000e2eba8f195df1a1f71)
Sunset in Portland, OR in March 2019 during the Society for Photographic Education conference. I was the youngest photographer in attendance at age 15.
![First grab for donuts at White Rock Lake with mom, Sami and Ali.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/8a671fc3-26b6-4320-b325-3b282c08fdf5_rw_1920.jpg?h=2bc297aaf0140703bf9d6503adf22c1d)
First grab for donuts at White Rock Lake with mom, Sami and Ali.
![Lydia's red hair flies at the Neon Trees performance at Wildflower Festival 2019.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/294cdc44-04b3-43e3-97d2-ede0a95909aa_rw_1920.jpg?h=a86f4f2c49a5ed6b1f56bc7c2e81ea0e)
Lydia's red hair flies at the Neon Trees performance at Wildflower Festival 2019.
![Summer sits in the window on July 5th, 2018.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/293e7a6c-9dd2-4818-8acb-1b5b9808b2a6_rw_1920.jpg?h=a6aa9117e677a0597680a8299735c70d)
Summer sits in the window on July 5th, 2018.
![Experimenting with one of the first rolls of film I shot. Lydia in her backyard by the pool.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/e0feb8e9-3266-402f-92b1-6a6e0882883f_rw_1920.jpg?h=1eb5363c98f467def0b6cb438dead4d0)
Experimenting with one of the first rolls of film I shot. Lydia in her backyard by the pool.
![Melting mint chip on a hot summer evening behing the best damn ice cream shop in the suburb with Susi.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/b433d1ba-64b1-4754-a562-7c34f3455d47_rw_1920.jpg?h=0efaa81f6dc4327babb49a9d9914ce89)
Melting mint chip on a hot summer evening behing the best damn ice cream shop in the suburb with Susi.
![Sami's lips are stained after hot chocolate and donut on a specialty double decker shop in Albequrque, New Mexico.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/c41ba443-fee7-49c1-a6a7-d8f96d0de4e7_rw_1920.jpg?h=492ad117d988ee89e39aad90b578fefe)
Sami's lips are stained after hot chocolate and donut on a specialty double decker shop in Albequrque, New Mexico.
![Sami rolls up his dinosaur pants to wade in the creek behind our house.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/689d52d6-32ea-4823-bb04-5f40cc6c2390_rw_1920.jpg?h=91beee63e786a75a1aec646c17d4e213)
Sami rolls up his dinosaur pants to wade in the creek behind our house.
![I feed cheese puffs to Audrey at her 16th birthday party.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/df87d1bb-3344-494e-9a3b-5e28d0047c1c_rw_1920.jpg?h=878540bfb46c311a2edb7779b2443996)
I feed cheese puffs to Audrey at her 16th birthday party.
![Parking lot at the Brode in LA.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/32ec3fd0-a624-499e-9f50-df581f46e5a0_rw_1920.jpg?h=a5d743bfbbad00885c57fcb7c0be6fa1)
Parking lot at the Brode in LA.
![Lydia and Davis can't sit still as I experiment with shutter speed.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/c03ae0d7-aa3f-451a-a100-b50805287c9a_rw_1920.jpg?h=74adc866f6dcfe13cb1c62edef962f44)
Lydia and Davis can't sit still as I experiment with shutter speed.
![Audrey collects shells on the beach in Florida, 2020.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/234d1877-4165-4452-8f40-78a20e814114_rw_1920.jpg?h=09003cd28bc2d692daf7268e05444a22)
Audrey collects shells on the beach in Florida, 2020.
![Celeste's surprise birthday party cake, the on e that was made to be destroyed.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/7630b74f-f233-4dda-af8d-49c03bb651bf_rw_1920.jpg?h=99592ee61caafad3a74266521763728d)
Celeste's surprise birthday party cake, the on e that was made to be destroyed.
![Sophie fills her freshly tattooed arms with thrift store finds at the now closed Family Thrift Center.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/d3f11dbf-7ddf-40bf-9b84-a07690b50622_rw_1920.jpg?h=4e783e120f12b86535ae7fec474a9565)
Sophie fills her freshly tattooed arms with thrift store finds at the now closed Family Thrift Center.
![Sunrise in Florida. The water was freezing.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/4fe70460-fe73-456f-bc2a-4376edbbfa40_rw_1920.jpg?h=fa4f45f6fd907adeef1132304a6cb692)
Sunrise in Florida. The water was freezing.
![Meredith retrieves the plate for the camera gimble in pitch darkness at our local park on set for our original music video "If and When".](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/33a16e63-8c98-46c9-9b2c-b5dca62f8ea0_rw_1920.jpg?h=b76b41198658d08c7b90e3eac40ad8ce)
Meredith retrieves the plate for the camera gimble in pitch darkness at our local park on set for our original music video "If and When".
![Alec shaves Ali's head for his New Years Resolution 2020.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/1064711d-0779-46b1-ba3e-e336ae334a87_rw_1920.jpg?h=20cee807929072974ec61b24669d21b4)
Alec shaves Ali's head for his New Years Resolution 2020.
![Carousel at The Texas State Fair 2019.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/e1b49fb6-17cc-41e6-934c-3ab1bf2c3f65_rw_1920.jpg?h=5d3fc4d13a82a7c59389e48d7c9d2c0a)
Carousel at The Texas State Fair 2019.
![Audrey in the church parking lot we skated in nearly everyday in June 2019.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/d5d9ed6d-ddd1-4667-8b91-9e76a3190cb8_rw_1920.jpg?h=50cbaee1a73e4ad1cb53573fafd1cf6a)
Audrey in the church parking lot we skated in nearly everyday in June 2019.
![Ali's thick locs litter the floor.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/2eee9539-4577-4b4f-a219-a9dd9998f2ae_rw_1920.jpg?h=f275dc26329d96624f25d6ada8735f5e)
Ali's thick locs litter the floor.
![Meredith directs If and When in our red and blue lit backyard creek.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/805e1520-c8a6-4b74-8c56-c31426e23e1c_rw_1920.jpg?h=22acee89dd081649f34d651ba3c4b6b4)
Meredith directs If and When in our red and blue lit backyard creek.
![Travis Scott's Astroworld during JMBYLA 2019.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/08e07550-199a-47c1-8bd7-7b0e430e81ce_rw_1920.jpg?h=c7bd256fa1b0d4e45ccbd00abf2c942c)
Travis Scott's Astroworld during JMBYLA 2019.
![The final product.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/d2051355-d1e3-4355-b4ac-484ae6975476_rw_1920.jpg?h=bf8f6e2f9b105ec6247f45e4fdb1e86e)
The final product.
![Daytime crowd at JMBYLA 2019.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/5a407d83-5f26-44bd-9cc1-47f9ebd45854_rw_1920.jpg?h=9a20507ed5c3d07cc6ad5cb938019997)
Daytime crowd at JMBYLA 2019.
![Andrea and I on a rooftop, waiting to watch the fireworks over the FC Dallas stadium. They were delayed for two hours, and we were stuck in traffic for 2 more.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/2b48bd89-b059-49da-9aae-61e54d063b2c_rw_1920.jpg?h=c8ba9b734a49d22eab2d61c5edbb8947)
Andrea and I on a rooftop, waiting to watch the fireworks over the FC Dallas stadium. They were delayed for two hours, and we were stuck in traffic for 2 more.
![Andrea blows out the sparklers on her 16th birthday bundt cake.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/6a6f9e81-b22b-4f64-b91b-500e3f61523b_rw_1920.jpg?h=4221d8939e4ea7a089c6850589ea75cb)
Andrea blows out the sparklers on her 16th birthday bundt cake.
![In honor of Nick, who is an angel himself. He hid in the bathroom with me for twenty minutes to shake off a couple partygoers.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/cc533ff9-1237-4140-b85b-4f49cd32a93c_rw_1920.jpg?h=a7da05db59171063e202e3923f59aaf9)
In honor of Nick, who is an angel himself. He hid in the bathroom with me for twenty minutes to shake off a couple partygoers.
![Misscanned roadtirp outtakes.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/2dfffa6f-61c7-48d3-aab6-784465b03285_rw_1920.jpg?h=80073e9c16d5553cdad5569476d928da)
Misscanned roadtirp outtakes.
![Laughter at Neon Trees.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/50b82e1d-f1a3-42e0-8562-53511d2405b0_rw_1920.jpg?h=0263a6cb0fd7a6a9b9ac5e52f3d1ac15)
Laughter at Neon Trees.
![Phoebe catches the camera flash at Celeste's surprise 16th.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/8715f01a-c010-4a2b-af97-2d18992af97f_rw_1920.jpg?h=450a3455729da0db8c5c4176f0d9b029)
Phoebe catches the camera flash at Celeste's surprise 16th.
![We chase the sunset for the (im)perfect group pic.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/90a9578c-7a53-4192-8487-243fd7c075ce_rw_1920.jpg?h=446ad299b592739a58e48753c558d83e)
We chase the sunset for the (im)perfect group pic.
![Selfie at Riley's (center) 16th.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/da155c6f-0d01-45ed-ac9f-331fd6beb290/9611ecc2-e90b-4f3f-b393-b56c45cf7ed1_rw_1920.jpg?h=52aafe7509ea43143ab595b067ecb7cb)
Selfie at Riley's (center) 16th.
adolescence
2018-2020
includes work featured in the sixteen zine.