THANKS TO CENTRAL NEW YORK MAGAZINE

So happy to be featured in the current issue of CNY magazine. Here’s one of their questions: Where did the idea for the work come from – your source of inspiration? The idea for this collection came out of traveling around the East side of Buffalo and old industrial areas. There are so many abandoned buildings with weeds and trees growing out of them. I’d stop and photograph the exterior of some of these places, but eventually I wanted to explore inside. I started to find objects that connected me to the stories of people who lived and worked there. What I saw made me wonder about human nature. Why do children’s objects end up in remote, decaying areas? What do we treasure and what do we discard?

LAYERS OF TIME - SYRACUSE

Armed with my camera, I walk around this historic city. Mingled in with the new growth are abandoned leftovers from wealthier times. In an antique shop near Wolf Street, I find charming old photos of past lives. Back in my studio, past and present comes together in these images.