Look Away

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Impro­vised pro­duc­tion pho­tog­ra­phy (on Hannah’s old Canon point-and-shoot) for Look Away by John Dou­glas Wei­d­ner, directed by Anna Bren­ner, at the Schapiro The­ater at Colum­bia Uni­ver­sity. Part of KafkaFest. Scenery by Tuffer Wei­d­ner, clothes by Evan Prizant, light­ing by Kevin Hardy, shadow pro­jec­tions by Han­nah Wasileski. The show fea­tured a music set by Oh You Devil.

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Posted at 1pm on 12/25/09 | no comments | Filed Under: Stage Photography read on

My Life In A Nutshell

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Pro­duc­tion pho­tog­ra­phy for Hanne Tierney’s My Life In A Nut­shell at HERE Arts Cen­ter. The pup­pets are made by Hanne Tier­ney, the man­ual over­head pro­jec­tion is cre­ated by Han­nah Wasileski, and the light­ing by Mar­lon Hurt. Jane Wang com­posed and per­formed the music. It is part of the Dream Music Pup­petry pro­gram curated by Basil Twist, and is co-presented by Five­Myles.

This is a pro­duc­tion I’ve been per­son­ally look­ing for­ward to for a long time. It’s the begin­ning of some­thing big, and I’m grate­ful to be con­nected to the peo­ple involved.

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Posted at 6pm on 10/29/09 | no comments | Filed Under: Stage Photography read on

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I am a the­ater light­ing designer and pho­tog­ra­pher based in New York City. I have a B.A. in Human­i­ties from the Uni­ver­sity of Chicago, and am an MFA can­di­date for Light­ing Design at the Yale School of Drama. I speak Eng­lish, French, and Man­darin Chi­nese with fluency.

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