When I look back at the work I’ve done over the years, the projects that have stayed with me aren’t just about photography—they always involve something one step deeper. They’re the ones that started with a question or a conversation and turned into something more, and I felt like I couldn’t not make them.
Big Talk is one of those projects—a growing portrait and conversation series rooted in community storytelling. It’s about showing up as we are and skipping the small talk in favor of what’s real. But Big Talk isn’t where this kind of work began for me (and you can find Big Talk in its own category on the blog, if you want to delve into some interviews and portraits).
At the beginning of the pandemic, I created a front-porch portrait series called Porchraits, a way to check in on neighbors, document life in lockdown, and offer something connective during a heavily isolating moment. Later, I co-created Small Town Big Talk, inviting people from our town to reflect on what we were all going through. Next was So Are We Gonna Talk About It, a pandemic-era portrait and interview series I carried with me not just across the Northeastern U.S., but to Italy—where the crisis first hit close to home.
I also turned the camera on myself. During a long solo quarantine, I made a self-portrait video project called Home Alone, a quiet meditation on solitude, presence, and the passing of time.
These kinds of projects will always have a home in my creative life. For now, you can find glimpses of them on Instagram—but I’ll be sharing more here over time.
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