About
I have been in love with photography since I was in high school. As soon as I processed that first roll of Tri-X in the Fort Hunt High School darkroom, I was hooked. I pursued photography at Hampshire College but after graduating followed my second love, working as a pastry chef, as my career. After many years working in the kitchen, I finally had the opportunity to return to the world of photography.
Now, at a completely different stage in my life, photography gives me the opportunity to express myself in a unique and powerful way. I photograph from the perspective of a woman, a mother, and a person who has the gift of some years under her belt.
I am a San Francisco-based photographer who is still shooting film and printing in the darkroom.
My work is about the traces of what we leave behind, whether it is our childhood or the remains of a building, it is about the continuous march of time and the ephemeral nature of life.
Photography has always enabled me to share what I find beautiful and fascinating in this world. Capturing that which is fading away enables me to explore and record the beauty that may not be there the next time I look.
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Rayko Student Show, Rayko Photo Center January 2017, 2nd place award, jurors Stuart Kogod, Ann Jastrab, San Francisco, CA
10th Annual Juried International Plastic Camera Show, Rayko Photo Center, March 2017, juror Ann Jastrab, San Francisco, CA
Portrait Series, Solo Show, Lola’s Art Gallery, March 2017, San Francisco, CA
In Focus: Contemporary Photography, Richmond Art Center, February 2018, juror’s award, juror Judy Dater, Richmond CA
Big Shots: The Best Bay Area Photographers, East Bay Collective, August 2018, juror Vince Donovan, Oakland, CA
Open Call, Photoplace Gallery, August 2018, juror Doug Beasley, Middlebury, VT
Contemporary Portraiture, The Center for Fine Art Photography, November 2018, juror Ann Jastrab, Fort Collins, CO
Kindred Sprits, Gray Loft Gallery, October 2019, juror Jan Watten, Oakland, CA
Childhood, PhotoPlace Gallery, December 2019, juror Anne Berry, Middlebury, VT
Shots Magazine, Fall 2019 issue
The Imperfect Lens, A Smith Gallery, January 2020, juror Michael Kirchoff, Johnson City, TX
Member’s Show, Center for Photographic Art, June 2020, jurors Laura Sackett and Ann Jastrab, Carmel, CA
International Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, November 2020, juror Aline Smithson, Carmel CA
Somerville Toy Camera Show, October 2020, juror Alison Nordström, Somerville MA
Member’s Show, Center for Photographic Art, awarded best in show, March 2021, juror Susan Burnstein, Carmel, CA
The Staged Photograph, Southeast Center for Photography, June 2021, juror Richard Tuschman, Greenville SC
Figments or Fragments, Praxis Gallery, December 2021, juror Emma Powell, Minneapolis, MN
Forgotten, A Smith Gallery, February 2022, jurors Dawn Surratt and Sal Taylor Kydd, online show
Fabricated Realities, Analog Forever, February 2022, juror Adam Finkelston, online show
Dreams and Imaginings, Photo Place Gallery, April 2022, juror Susan Burnstine, Middlebury VT
Lenscratch, Interview and feature on Recollection series, April 5, 2023
The Luminous Eye, assemblage work solo show, April 2023, Modern Relics Gallery, San Francisco, CA
PhotoNola Review Exhibition, Photographic Gallery SMA, January 2023, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Revisiting the Family Album: Stories That Bind Us, Center for Fine Art Photography, June 2023, juror Aline Smithson, Fort Collins, CO
Critical Mass finalist 2023
Slow Exposures, Touching Magic pop up, September 2023, curated Anne Berry, Zebulon GA
8 x 10 Show, Center for Photographic Art, September 2023, curated Ann Jastrab, Carmel, CA