Through words and images, Blended Nation: Portraits and Interviews of Mixed-Race America explores the concept of race in America through the prism of the personal experiences of people of mixed-race heritage. NBC’s Ann Curry and the author Rebecca Walker contributed the Foreword and Introduction respectively. The book won a 2009 International Photography Award, a 2010 Young Voices Foundation Award and was recognized in the 2010 Photo District News Photo Annual. Mike and his co-author, Pamela Singh, discussed the book on NBC’s "Today" Show, NPR’s Weekend Edition, The Tavis Smiley Radio Show as well as other TV, blog, print and radio programs across the country. They have also presented the work at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The book has been acquired by the Science Museum of Minnesota and the American Anthropological Association and included in their joint traveling exhibit called "Race: Are We So Different?" which currently is traveling the country in triplicate through 2015. Library Journal calls Blended Nation "An ambitious, artful, and carefully conceived effort to explore the greater issue of race in America."

Through words and images, Blended Nation: Portraits and Interviews of Mixed-Race America explores the concept of race in America through the prism of the personal experiences of people of mixed-race heritage. NBC’s Ann Curry and the author Rebecca Walker contributed the Foreword and Introduction respectively. The book won a 2009 International Photography Award, a 2010 Young Voices Foundation Award and was recognized in the 2010 Photo District News Photo Annual. Mike and his co-author, Pamela Singh, discussed the book on NBC’s "Today" Show, NPR’s Weekend Edition, The Tavis Smiley Radio Show as well as other TV, blog, print and radio programs across the country. They have also presented the work at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The book has been acquired by the Science Museum of Minnesota and the American Anthropological Association and included in their joint traveling exhibit called "Race: Are We So Different?" which currently is traveling the country in triplicate through 2015. Library Journal calls Blended Nation "An ambitious, artful, and carefully conceived effort to explore the greater issue of race in America."

We live in a time where children are spending less and less time playing outdoors and more time playing games on computers and other devices. As a kid, I spent a lot of time playing outdoors and messing around in boats, and my parents exposed me to other countries and cultures from a young age. As a father of two young boys, I am committed to exposing them to as much of the natural and cultural diversity the world has to offer as possible. My attempt to pass on my love for travel and the outdoors and instill this in my kids, spurned this ongoing project where I shoot the boys out experiencing the world and just being boys.

This is a project that spans over a decade of shooting in Manhattan. It is a result of access to thousands of the finest properties, many of which have views that people are willing to pay many millions of dollars for.