Foundational Shifts

It was the sudden death of my mother that propelled me to return to school to pursue art and ultimately my MFA, first in painting and subsequently in photography. Of course, that loss had a major impact on my life and continues to resonate in my thinking and making today. I’ve since found that small shifts in my practice and the spaces in which I work have a profound impact on the work that I make as well.

I came to photography through painting from family photographs; more specifically my interest lay in the gaps between the images we keep, what they don’t show or tell their viewers about those pictured. When I found the camera, I was able to focus with great detail on things cast aside, with a physical disrepair that has resonance with our own bodies.