Nostalgia is a powerful phenomenon that can lead to complicated emotions. Major themes in my work navigate its complexity by exploring memory function, personality development, and complex psychology through interaction with personal archives. By re-contextualizing 8mm home movies, snapshots, negatives, voice recordings, and other artifacts, I attempt to understand humanity through the visual legacy we leave behind. Themes of grief, loss, abandonment, and legacy are explored by documenting abandoned dwellings as archives on a larger scale.
While my foundation is in photography, I utilize my background in installation to combine sculpture, assemblage, sound, video, projection, and other media to create immersive visual experiences. In my intuitive approach, I challenge myself to be vulnerable and take creative risks, which allows me to remain unbeholden to any particular outcome.