Empress Lane

Empress Lane explores the intersection between post-traumatic stress, and the family dynamic. The photographs are of my family, home, and myself. After being hit head on by a car in December of 2018, I gained a strong feeling of urgency to clench onto the memories of my mother, father, and brother. Making these photographs is a reaction to my own healing process, and provides therapy during chaos. This act at times is empowering, but I still feel a chunk of myself is missing. I have only lived in this home. Our family is close. After work and school, we all come home in the evenings to accompany each other. Everything on the outside looks the same. Empress Lane has stayed the same as far as I can remember. The driveway, the house, the yard, the trees, the floors, nothing has changed; yet everything is changing. The need to hold everything grows as time passes. This is the only place and the only people I truly know.