Patti Hallock received her BFA in photography from the University of Colorado at Denver in 2004 and her MFA in 2007 from Parsons, The New School for Design in New York City. Her work has previously been about the experience of suburban life. She is currently teaching photography at the University of Colorado at Denver and Pattiās current project is an examination of the myth of the American West through the landscape, Wild West-themed amusements and Hollywood Western movie making. She works digitally, and with medium and large format film.