Transitions: Coming of Age

Taken ten years apart, these images explore the transition of young people during a formative time in their lives - the period from teenager to twenty-something adults. The first photographs for this longitudinal study were made when they were college freshman at The University of California, Merced, and now again ten years later. Looking at what developmental psychology researchers term as "emerging adulthood" the Transitions Project looks at how a sense of identity among millennials has shifted. Milestones in life such as career, marriage and family are being delayed into their late twenties and thirties. Extensive interviews with each are conducted to delve deeper into the emerging adulthood phenomenon, and to find out where life has taken them. I'm very interested in how they've changed physically. Also, I'm interested in body language as an unconscious communique of the inner self and fascinated with the nuances of the universal canvas - the human face. In June the project will an major exhibition which will include 40 large scale then and now photographs. And a book will follow.