I am an artist and photographer currently enrolled at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) working as a Photography major.
I love photography. I've only picked it up recently in my art-making career, but it has quickly become my favorite kind of artistic medium. It started as a hobby that I wanted to pursue. I took class after class, learned the basics, and now am going to college to continue learning. Now at MICA as a full-time student, I can't wait to better my art and share it with the world.
I thank you for taking the time to look at my site and through my photographs.
I am first and foremost an artist. That is what I am trained in and that is what I work with. Photography is, from my studies, one of the only true art forms that require a multitude of different aspects all at once. Lighting, composition, content, angle, patience. Combine that with all the technical "mumbo-jumbo" and you have the ability to create something magical.
Zach is an artist and photographer currently enrolled at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) working as a Photography major.
Comparatively to his entire art-making career, photography is a recent venture for Zach. Despite being relatively new to the medium, he is persistent and determined to learn all that he can about this medium and how he can apply it to all of his art-making practices. Now at MICA as a full-time student, he continues his journey to constantly improve his craft and hopes to one day share it with the world.
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U R Tha 1!
U R Tha 1! follows Tresey, a conduit of the funk, in this groovy urban odyssey that will change the hood forever. Can Tresey and his funkateers bring back the funk before curfew? Put the needle to the groove, join the gang, and find out now!
I designed and built the seven original puppet characters for U R Tha 1!, a funk musical short film created by Mike Smith for the Baltimore Rock Opera Society's Puppet 6-Pack, which released in January 2021, and then re-released as part of Holes: A Puppet Anthology the following July. Below, I have included a short clip from the film, images of all the puppets, the original design illustration for the characters, and the very few behind-the-scenes photos I took on shoot day.
Lavender Pearl's dress was constructed by AG Sherman (IG: @bobbinyaga).
