All Dressed Up
When I was a little girl, I loved playing dress-up, especially for Halloween. It was a way to express creativity and don a new persona for a few hours. My mother and I would admire the gowns on televised beauty contests. My Barbie doll had at least twenty pairs of high-heeled shoes.
Today, in addition to my faith and photography, one of my joys in life is accessorizing my outfits. My tribe consists of people strutting their stuff in costumes, uniforms, finery, cultural attire, and feather babies and participants in performances, parades, historical reenactments, and costumed conventions.
• 2025 Decagon Gallery, Burst of Color • 2025 Motif Collective, Symmetry • 20th Spider Awards, Fashion, Nominee
18th Color Awards, Fashion, Nominee
• 17th Color Awards, Fashion, 2nd Place • 2025 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Fine Art/People, Honorable Mention • 2025 TIFA Tokyo International Foto Awards, Fine Art/Other, Honorable Mention
A cosplayer has her head in the clouds
17th Color Awards, Fashion, Nominee
Photo Recognition
2026 Motif Collective, Street Photography
17th Color Awards, Fashion, Honorable Mention
This focused Native American dancer spins swiftly. The ribbon fringe of her fancy shawl sweeps around her like the plumage of a great yellow bird. What beauty surrounds you?
17th Color Awards, Portrait, Nominee
SE Center for Photography, The Woman's Gaze
"Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs."
- Exodus 7:11-12 (NIV)
