Photography is a constant symbol of time, a direct representation of death. Each moment captured is a moment that has passed. A small attempt to hold a moment still, while time is continuously fleeting around us.

My mom once told me about an article she read that said with mental illness we always say you are. We don’t do that with physical illnesses. We never say you are cancer. You are diabetes. But for some reason with mental illness we tend to say you are. You are bipolar. You are an addict. You are whatever other word can fill in that space. But why do we say you are? Because having a mental illness does not define who you are. Mental illness is a condition. It’s a part of you, a

This is a picture of my crazy, hyper, beautiful five year old nephew Jahki. He absolutely loves doing black flips, front flips, and non stop moving. And yes, he is half african-american. One time a lady thought he was just really tan, and I was slightly concerned for her eyesight and her mind. First, let me say I am a white female, so I can't say I know the struggles of being African-American. The closest thing I can relate to that is being a female. But my nephew is half-bla

This is one of my favorite photos from a series I made called Misaligned (I will be posting the full thing on my website soon). I've experienced a feeling at certain times in my life of not feeling aligned between my mind and my body. It's a discomforting feeling, and one many people will experience at some point in their lives. As cliche as it may sound, you are one person you can't run away from. Mirrors and photographs are the only ways we ever get to view ourselves. I rem

At this point in my life, half of my time is spent at school in Philadelphia and the other half is spent in Canton, Pennsylvania, a very small town with one red light and about 2,000 people. It's almost like one of those tiny towns from a movie. Both sides of my family were raised here, and it's began to feel more like a home than anywhere else. It's a place that fascinates me because it doesn't look like much changed in the last fifty years and everyone knows everyone. But t