Portfolio – MUY RICCO

the author

Soon after becoming a free agent for hire, I was called upon by one of the legendary crip writers of our time, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, to take some fresh author photos for their upcoming poetry book, The Way Disabled People Love Each Other, which I can now attest is a banger. Having spent years doing…

short trips guide

The Recommended Short Trips Guide was print collateral that I developed for Omoi Life Goods in late 2021 as part of a promotional weekend event to engage the existing customer base, as well as area users of the TRAVELER’S COMPANY (TRC) notebook system. The Japanese company makes a point of staying relatively small despite its…

every day is halloween

This was shot for my employer OMOI at the time, a small business known for its thoughtful design items, style accessories, and stationery goods. With limited time and resources, the purpose was to snap a set of festive “spooky season” photos for the website front page, featuring a concise selection of items purchased and timed…

SEPTA: detour

Being born and raised in Philadelphia proper, I have accrued many strong opinions about wayfinding systems over the years, riding our public transit system SEPTA. Here’s an example from 2018: A detour sign posted at one of the bus stops by 8th and Walnut streets, unlike any I hath ever laid eyes on. This is…

UNITY at the Initiative

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transitional times transitional body

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Style of Attack Report

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maybe it’s

Back in 2012, I had caught wind of a Michigan committee meeting where a woman present uttered “vagina” as it related to the discussion at hand, causing the male members present to accuse her of being inappropriate. Or something like that. I do not have the patience to search for the facts of this inciting…

free shirt with purchase

About A Kid And A Woman (later changed to About A Woman and A Kid) was a short scifi fantasy story that I wrote under my pen name around the same time I started selling screenprinted t-shirts with a slogan of mine, DESIRE HOPE DESPAIR. I’m very appreciative of the fact that people like to…

love and trip

LOVE AND TRIP was the 2025 theme for cult Japanese stationery brand, TRAVELER’S COMPANY (TRC), producer of the original TRAVELER’S notebook (TN), a customizable notebook system with various inserts, all housed inside a leather cover meant to age beautifully with use over time, becoming a treasured item to its user. At the time of its…