My works in

Places I’ve Been

A black and gray striped cat standing on a windowsill, looking out the window, partially obscured by a checkered curtain.

Foreward

Inkjet Print

12 x 12

120mm film - Ilford Delta 400

A gaze cast outward; hopeful.

Looking up at a tall tree with green leaves and a dark, textured trunk, sunlight filtering through the foliage.

A wooden treehouse built around multiple trees in a lush green outdoor area.

Deertrail

Inkjet Prints

9 x 9

120mm film - Portra 400

A shapeshifting tree house that took on the body of a ship, a house, or anything we wanted, really. This tree house stood in my parents backyard from the spring my mother was pregnant with me until shortly after I photographed it on the morning of my 20th birthday. And the walnut tree that towers over it a NW Deertrail, in Parkville, MO.

Tree with green leaves covered in snow, with a snowy ground in the background.

Tree branches with leaves covered in snow, showing fall colors of green, yellow, orange, and brown, with a clear blue sky in the background.

Tree branches with leaves covered in snow during winter.

Magnolia

Inkjet Prints

6 x 6

120 mm film - Portra 400

A quiet and fleeting moment of winter kissing the colors of fall. In mom and dad’s back yard.

A black and white stencil art of a human skull wearing headphones, with paintbrush strokes surrounding it on white paper placed on a wooden surface.

Three and a half feet

Salt Print

18 x 18

120 mm film - Ilford Delta 400

A common sight for a 5 year old watching mom and dad at their post-breakfast washing station.

Three bras hanging on a wooden railing outdoors on a cloudy day.

Three bras hanging on a wooden railing outdoors with trees and a bridge in the background.

Three face masks hanging on a wooden structure in a park with trees and rocks, during autumn.

Swimming Hole

Inkjet Prints

6 x 6

120mm film - Portra 400

Three modern-day Cinderellas at Chamber Springs

Collage of 16 blue and white photographic prints of a woman with long hair, viewed from different angles and backgrounds, laid out on a wooden surface.

Forty-Nine Years

Cyanotype on fabric

45 x 45

Hair is everything. The collective growth of their hair spans 49 years of growth, change, loss, and love.

Collection of small, torn photographs featuring women in various poses, laid out on a wooden surface.

Parts of Me

Polaroid emulsion lift

10 x 10

I know she is here because my strings still make sweet songs. Plucking. I see her in the reflections of me, or anyone, really. I know she is here because I still get a tickle in my throat and blood in my cheeks. The cold southern sun still warms the sheets for me, so I know she is here. I can hear the bubbles popping against the aluminum. Echoing inside the can. I haven’t rolled an ankle or gotten a splinter in some time, so I know she is here.

Shadow of a dog on a light-colored curtain, with sunlight creating a silhouette.

A person leaning against a window with closed blinds, holding a phone to their ear with one hand and touching a small picture frame or mirror with the other, in a dimly lit room.

A cat sitting on a windowsill looking out the window during daylight.

Lightbearers

Inkjet Prints

4 x 6

35mm film - Gold 200

Friends lost and left behind. A place I can’t go back to, and wouldn’t even if I could.

Three black-and-white photographs of trees, displayed on a wooden surface.

MOTHERLAND

Salt Prints

10 x 10

120mm film - Ilford Delta 400

“When I look into the mirror, I see my father. When I close my eyes, I see you. When you look into the mirror, does your father appear? Eyes closed, do you see your mother, too?”

-Less of A Stranger, Julia Jacklin

A large rock with patches of yellow lichen in the foreground and a body of water with dead tree branches protruding from it in the background.

Valley of the Shadow

Inkjet Print

16 x 16

120 mm film - Portra 400

The twenty-third of June.

A mountainous landscape with large rocks in the foreground, dense forested hills in the middle ground, and a tall mountain in the background, illuminated by sunlight.

Two hikers walking along a trail in a mountainous forest with trees and large rocks, under a light sky.

View of a forested mountain with green trees in foreground and a clear sky.

Good Shepherd

Inkjet Print

6 x 10

35 mm film - Gold 200

Redemption for memories made in the mountains was brought by these women. Thank you Jess, Meghan, Avery, Sarah, and Kenadie.

An elderly woman with white hair sitting in a vintage armchair next to a window with cream-colored curtains, holding three books, with two black and white photographs on a floral wallpapered wall behind her.

Ruthie

Inkjet Print

24 x 36

A snowy day in the red room.

An elderly woman standing in front of a bathroom mirror, adjusting her glasses while looking at herself.

Backward

Inkjet Print

18 x 24

A gaze cast inward; weary.

Avery

Inkjet Print

18 x 24

35 mm film - Portra 160

Double exposure photograph showing a close-up of a woman with dark hair and freckles, overlaid with an image of a woman in a white outfit standing in a field.

For the show, Avery, Lauren, and I decided to create artist portraits of each other at the front of the exhibition. I had the honor of photographing Avery [Avery painted Lauren and Lauren did a mixed-media piece of me]. I shot a few rolls of 35 with her at sunset in a field not too far from my home. I ended up with this lovely in-camera double exposure of her on Portra 160.