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I made this self-portrait series at a time when I wasn’t feeling especially ready.
Not wildly confident or perfectly clear. Or like I had crossed some invisible threshold where being seen would suddenly feel easy.
I did it anyway and I’m really feeling this moment.
It wasn’t that I “nailed it” or became a different version of myself. It was that the act of showing up changed something. The confidence didn’t arrive first. It arrived in the process.
A little more trust.
A little less waiting to become someone else before stepping into the frame.
I think this is part of why I care so much about creating images in a way that feels human. Guided, not posed. Or Real over perfect.
I think being seen has very little to do with performing confidence, and a lot to do with having enough space to let it emerge.
Anyway, this series felt like proof of that.
LET’S SHAPE YOUR VISION
Before photography, there was movement
Years of dance taught me something I still use every day: people rarely look most like themselves when they're standing still and trying to get it right.
They look like themselves in action. Mid-conversation or doing what they love.
That's why movement is built into my process.
Not as a style choice. As a way of helping people settle into their own rhythm instead of performing for the camera.
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