With this series, Don’t Let Me Go, I aim to draw attention to the relationship between humans and the natural world. Today, there seems to be a constant conflict between the two. Our technologies, our modes of living, are encroaching on the environment in ways that are both unsustainable and irrevocably damaging. We are destroying the very thing which sustains us. At the same time, we do not exist without it; our survival relies on that which we are abusing with our detrimental actions. I wish to draw attention to the ways humans have privileged themselves over the broader forces and creatures of the Earth. My goal is for my images to reveal how entwined the relationship is between the human body and the more than human world; the Earth is bigger than we ever could be.
I have always been drawn to images that seem illogical, those that go beyond that which is funny or irrational. I find places in nature that have interesting shapes, looking for ways I can configure a person within it. I also find man-made objects and structures to have a person interact with, specifically seeking out those that are old and worn down, where the environment has begun its process of reclaiming it. I lo
