Experimental 2nd place winner

My photography is an exploration of the unspoken. My goal is to showcase ordinary moments that are imbued with the nuances of metaphor and meaning. My subjects are a collection of the people I love. My current work involves briefly inhabiting my subjects’ personal environments to look for moments of authenticity. My work is a celebration of hope, the beauty of stillness, and the sublime that can be found in everyday life.

Utilizing 35mm film and cyanotype, I use a process which pushes my limits and combines an array of media. Cyanotype printing on watercolor paper gives me physical access to the manipulation of my work.

My current photos are a departure from my previous work of capturing landscapes and pursuing street photography. This work is a venture into portrait photography, which includes an assortment of hand portraits.

River is a freelance photographer based out of Missoula, MT. He shoots with 35mm film. He specializes in portraiture, street photography, and landscapes. His latest work is a showcase of film negatives exposed with cyanotype on paper. His work has been showcased at Sundance Film Festival (2018), and his work was runner up in the Utah Film Commission's Photo Contest. He had another exhibition in the fall of 2020, at a local coffee shop in Missoula, MT.

My photography is an exploration of the unspoken. My goal is to showcase ordinary moments that are imbued with the nuances of metaphor and meaning. My subjects are a collection of the people and places I love, along with strangers and environments which I am just getting to know. My current work involves briefly inhabiting my subjects’ personal environments to look for moments of authenticity. My work is a celebration of hope, the beauty of stillness, and the sublime that can be found in everyday life.

Utilizing 35mm film and cyanotype, I use a process which pushes my limits and combines an array of media. Cyanotype printing on watercolor paper gives me physical access to the manipulation of my work.