I’m a self-taught, award winning

photographer, but I may not have

been….

After struggling with an undiagnosed vision disorder, I spent many miserable months, until I found photography.

A viewfinder was the only thing that required one eye to focus, and even after corrective lenses, I never felt the need to find any other avenue to creativity and healing.

Photography has healed me many times since 2007, and I will continue to use it as a medicine, a balm towards healing myself. It is my dream to gift the hope of healing to everyone who finds my work.

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Seeing through the negatives,

is so much more than a project title,

it is an internal call and

a reminder to see,

that healing is possible.

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Every image shared in the gallery has a deep personal story behind it.
Many are so intertwined that I almost cannot heal one, without addressing the others.

Body Shame

A plus sized woman living in a world obsessed with being thin. This is often underlying, and a deep reason behind dark backgrounds.

Depression & Anxiety

I have been fighting with depression since my teen years, and anxiety for probably the last 10. A good unhealthy dose of people pleasing often shows it’s face as well.

Age

A middle aged woman living in a world also obsessed with staying young. At 46, I still have not figured out why I feel younger than I am, or act.

Cultural & Religious Upbringing

I struggle with my regional upbringing mixed with religious expectations. I feel that I am not crossing lines that I believe, but…people pleasing takes a toll on the work I want to make and share.

Miscarriage & Loss

Several of these images come from the last miscarriage that I experienced, that also coincided with the loss of my grandmother.

Healing

I still have so many areas that are in need of healing, in need of my recognition of them, and to allow them to have a voice. Some are visible in this work, some are still to come.