I am a photo-based artist and visual storyteller investigating culturally constructed gender roles. I use humor and irony to explore the norms of prescribed behavior and misbehavior, provoking conversations about power and equality.
I’m drawn to creating a narrative—framing a scene, arranging objects, figures, colors, and light. Inspired by cinema, television, advertising, and personal experience, my process is planned but not scripted. Emphasizing fashion and the figure, props, models, and location act as catalysts for the development of compositions suggesting fragments of open-ended stories. Visually bold and steeped in saturated color, my work is often evocative of a mid-twentieth century style and aesthetic framed within a contemporary context.
Embracing the possibilities of both contemporary and historical methods, my practice includes digital and analog techniques, as well as making books and cyanotypes. Most recently, I’m exploring the possibilities of using projection, audio conversations, and installation to create immersive experiences.