Photography, Family & Feeling

Writing and Photography

What can childhood photographs reveal about the person behind the camera taking our image — and our relationship to them?

Unearthing hundreds of my father’s photographs and films, I asked: what do these images reveal about him? What drew his eye? How did he photograph the family? And how did his photographs intersect with his life — the moves abroad, his career shifts, his changing relationships, and his mental health?

Through archival photographs, collage, and personal essays, my work examines how loss is mediated through images—revealing how photography can conceal, distort, or illuminate emotional truths.