Dwelling.

I began this series in 2018, not quite knowing why.

I was photographing home, the rippling light reflected on my bedroom door from our neighbor’s pool late at night, my son’s favorite boots, branches pushed up against the kitchen window by a storm. I felt thankful for family and love and for the present moment, yet I was unsettled by a vague sense of not-yet-grief. I wandered our house late at night, unable to sleep, making photographs of an intangible sweetness that I wanted to keep.

Then in 2023, my father passed away. The strange restlessness I felt was gone. Grief had arrived.

Through these photographs, I attempted to honor home, family, love, and my inner grappling of gratitude and grief.

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