Pretend I'm not even here

This self-portrait series is an ongoing work that explores my conflicting anxieties around exposure, validation and belonging. Against a backdrop of landscapes which I once called home the images reflect the uncomfortable tensions and accommodations we are all forced to make with our sense of self and sense of place in nature. Each image is made working alone in secluded rural locations using deceptively simple lighting and in-camera techniques. This solitary process requires a kind of choreography of two kinds of exposure bodily and photographic. The images therefore represent a kind of personal ritual as well as a journey into nature in search of acceptance.