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www.boxonfire.com
box on fire is a look inside my head.
it is a collection of my concepts, themes, people, places, and things.
it has polite manners and bathes regularly. it is straight forward without all the flowery foo-foo and it knows how to speak it’s mind…in this box the images speak for themselves.
a box thinking, a box talking, a box burning, it’s a box on fire.

wading out in knee deep flooded grasslands, setting up fold-out tables to create islands to hold gear and props, murky water with bugs everywhere…and these are the images as a result. many thanks Brooklyn for toughing it out.
model: brooklyn ashy
assistant: stephen phung

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model: macy chapman
hair and make up: danielle carlsen

if protecting ourselves could only be so rudimentary and visible.
the top image is an homage to one of my earliest inspirations, keith carter.

beauty lies deep in the broken. love is found in the wound. truth is present in pain. our bruises, our scars, are pages to our story, it is these pages that make us who we are. we need not hide our words behind labels of perfection.

100% mother approved.

the difference of cats and dogs…my daughters are as different as bunnies and snakes, and not just in looks but in personalities – the animals they hold are an incredible reflection of that.

many thanks to rockstar pets in tooele, utah for letting us work with these amazing creatures.
thanks to my gorgeous daughters for providing the talent.
and thanks to ashlee brooke carroll for assisting.

defining moments when execution shines over concept. turned out better than i had hoped for.
these images are haunting, they speak truth, they are straight forward…and i like them a hell of a lot.
thank you sarah for being an amazing talent to work with!
and thanks be to jaron harrocks for busting a** like you did as an assistant.

exploring the concepts of liberation, awareness, stress, and trust.

horsehead: jonathan norberg
model: brooks forester
egg: a chicken