I Heard the North Wind Call Your Name

"I Heard the North Wind Call Your Name" is a photographic series of portraits and postindustrial landscapes made in Rochester, NY. In the fall of 2020, I began wandering, hoping through photography that I could connect to people and better understand my new home. With no agenda in mind, I allowed myself to become comfortable with the unknown - to follow my intuition and curiosity wherever they took me. Chance encounters and conversations with strangers often turned into portraits. My work, and understanding of the city, are informed by these shared experiences with my subjects. I am concerned with a sense and rhythm of a place and invested in making photographs that speak to my personal experience of Rochester. Exploring themes of longing, anxiety, and resiliency, my work is an interpretation, rather than a documentation. My project won't tell you what to think about Rochester or its people, but hopefully, it can show you that being open and engaging produces meaningful records.