Very honored to receive the silver award in the 2026 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Fine Art/Collage category, for my series Arcanian Parish.

In the 19th century United States, private social clubs were strictly separated by gender. Arcanian Parish, my recent photo collage series, refers to a fictional Louisiana parish where men would gather, escaping the burdens of their everyday lives, to explore friendships, love, business, nature, home, religion, death, and the afterlife. The term Arcanian, stemming from the Latin word arcana, means secret and/or hidden - often use in reference to the mysteries of nature and the spiritual world. These pieces, created from three centuries of photography, depict the untold stories of these men as they frequented the Arcanian Parishes of their 19th century America South.