Education
2017 MFA, Photography, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana. Thesis: Missionary
2013 BFA, Photography, Brigham Young University-Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho
Teaching and Professional Experience
2017 to present Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts (LSMSA), Natchitoches, Louisiana. Lecturer of the Arts. Current courses: Exploring Visual Arts, Photography I and II, Design I and II, Digital Media I and II, and Multimedia Communication (Yearbook).
2017 to Fall 2025 LSMSA External Affairs, Natchitoches, Louisiana. Photography, video, and drone work.
2014 to 2017 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana. Graduate Teaching Assistant. Instructor of record for Advanced Issues in Photography, Introduction to Digital Photography, and Moving Pixels. Assisted in beginning, intermediate, and alternative process courses (tintype, cyanotype, Van Dyke, solarplate). Gallery installation crew, School of Design.
2016 The Montessori School for Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana. Photography instructor, grades 7 and 8.
2015 to 2019 Ann George Photography, Creative Assistant and Media Asset Manager. Archive management, solarplate workshop assistant, photographer.
2013 to 2014 Thomas D. Mangelsen: Images of Nature, Photo Editor.
2012 to 2013 BYU-Idaho University Relations, Rexburg, Idaho. Photographer.
2011 to 2013 BYU-Idaho Department of Photography, Rexburg, Idaho. Lab Technician and Teaching Assistant.
Solo Exhibitions
2020 On the Mormon Trail, LSMSA Art Gallery, Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, Natchitoches, Louisiana
2017 Missionary, video installation, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, August 29 to October 27. Curated by Ben Hickey
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 25 Years of Alumni Art: Legacy in Color, Spori Art Gallery, Brigham Young University-Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho, September 26 to October 23. Curated by Kyoung DaBell
2022 SPE South Central Members' Exhibit, Music Garage, Shreveport, Louisiana, October
2022 6th Louisiana Biennial: National Juried Exhibition, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, January 25 to February 15. Juror: Rebecca R. Hart. Works: My Father the Mechanic, Papa After Falling
2020 Group exhibition, Ruston, Louisiana, summer
2017 Annual Student Show, Louisiana Tech University School of Design, Ruston, Louisiana
2017 Comma, Monroe Art Crawl, Monroe, Louisiana
2016 Photo NOLA Gallery, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana
2016 Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, Natchitoches, Louisiana
2016 The Gun Show, DRAWL Southern Contemporary Art, Little Rock, Arkansas
2016 The Gathering Place, SPE South Central Conference, Camp Stewart, Texas
2016 53rd Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
2016 Missed Connections, Enterprise Center, Ruston, Louisiana
2016 SPE Members' Pin-Up Show, Red Rock Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
2016 School of Design Annual Juried Student Show, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana
2015 Greatest Hits, SPE South Central Conference, The Lightwell Gallery, Norman, Oklahoma
2015 CODA, Enterprise Center, Ruston, Louisiana
2015 6th Annual Off the Wall Fundraiser, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
2015 SPE Members' Pin-Up Show, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, Louisiana
2015 Contemporary Perspectives in Photography, Studio 301, Ruston, Louisiana
2015 Art from the G.U.T.S., Enterprise Center, Ruston, Louisiana
2014 Teton Photography Group Show, Art Association of Jackson Hole, Jackson, Wyoming
2013 Snake River Valley, The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls, Idaho
2013 BFA Exhibition, Spori Gallery, Brigham Young University-Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho
Portfolio Reviews
2024 SPE South Central Regional Conference, Revitalize!, National Park College, Hot Springs, Arkansas, October
2020 SPE National Conference, Society for Photographic Education, Houston, Texas, March
Publications and Press
2020 Lenscratch, "Marcus Journey & William Casey: On the Mormon Trail," interview by Daniel George, April 7
2016 It's Nice That, "Marcus Journey follows the 18-year-old Mormon elders tasked with converting people," by Rebecca Fulleylove, October 26
2016 Aint-Bad, online feature, Missionary, August 14
2016 F-Stop Magazine, Issue 78, "Enthusiasm"
2016 Southern Cultures, Vol. 22, No. 1, Documentary Arts Issue, "Missionary: Boyhood as an Elder," pp. 15 to 22
2016 Glass & Tin, "Don't Take Pictures," online feature
2015 Photographers Forum, College and High School Photography Contest, online publication
2014 Adorama, Top One Hundred Photographs of 2013, online publication
2013 Upward: Celebrating BYU-Idaho's Living Legacy, Issue 4, Fall
Film and Video
2026 Last Shift, short film. Co-producer and faculty mentor, with Chris King. Directed by LSMSA student Hayley Jacobs. Best Film (High School Grand Prize), Louisiana Film Prize Junior, Shreveport, Louisiana
2017 Trucking with Geoff
2017 Bastard of Bigfoot, short film, 11:11. Directed by Michael Sessions. Lead role and collaborator
2015 Trucking with Geoff (excerpt)
Grants
2022 Richard G. Brown Fund for Faculty Advancement, LSMSA Foundation, for A Backwards Blessing
2019 Richard G. Brown Fund for Faculty Advancement, LSMSA Foundation, for On the Mormon Trail
Honors and Awards
2016 Honorable Mention, School of Design Annual Juried Student Show, Louisiana Tech University
2016 Student Travel Award, SPE South Central
2015 Honorable Mention, School of Design Annual Juried Student Show, Louisiana Tech University
2015 Graduate Assistantship, Louisiana Tech University
2013 First Place, Art Competition and Exhibition at Hemming Village, St. Anthony, Idaho
2013 Best in Show, BYU-Idaho Art Department Annual Student Art Show, Rexburg, Idaho
2013 Honorable Mention, Photographers Forum College and High School Photography Contest
Service and Professional Development
Current LSMSA Makerspace Planning Committee, in partnership with Northwestern State University and Innovation Park. Planned facilities include a photography studio, a large critique studio, and a photobook library.
2026 ISAM, International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces, attendee
2025 Workshop assistant, wet-plate collodion tintype workshop led by Frank Hamrick with Jennifer Robison, Northwestern State University Department of Fine + Graphic Arts, Tauzin-Wells House, Natchitoches, Louisiana, November 19
2025 ISAM, International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces, attendee
Professional Affiliations
Current Society for Photographic Education (also 2014 to 2016)
Current International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces (ISAM)
2013 to 2014 Art Association of Jackson Hole, Jackson, Wyoming
2012 to 2013 American Society of Media Photographers