Inward
2020–2022
In 2020, I found myself alone for the first time in years following the end of a long-term relationship. The quiet monotony of the pandemic generated a necessity for internal growth in the absence of meaningful social experiences. I created these images over the course of lock-down, during a time when a world upended created a quiet space in which my own internal changes could take shape. Self-knowledge can be elusive, even painful to attain, and fragmented in nature. In these photographs, visual distortion and ambiguity become metaphors for the warped image I often have of myself. Using my camera I attempt to confront these twisted beliefs within the contains of my domestic space. In the process of examining myself with honesty and curiosity, I become both subject and object. What results is a contemplation of intimacy, self-discovery, self-doubt, vulnerability, and growth.