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Projects

Cramped Up On The Learning Curve, 2020 - 2025

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Started the summer my friend group and I graduated high school in 2020, Cramped Up On The Learning Curve is a documentative project that captures my peers in their early navigations of adulthood, in the midst of Covid-19.

 

The title is pulled from Fiona Apple’s Valentine, in which she sings, “I’m a tulip in a cup, I stand no chance of growing up… I cramped up on the learning curve.” These lyrics spoke to me as a perfect encapsulation of the cramped and awkward feelings of a halted start to adult life.

The project is shot entirely on film and documents periods in San Francisco, Santa Barbara, London, and New York. 

Members Only, 2024 - 2025 

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The Banatul Folklore and Soccer Club has existed in Ridgewood since 1968, serving as a bar and social hall to patrons and families of diverse Eastern European backgrounds.​


Members Only is an observant photo series shot on film as a nod to the preservation of a previous time period. I’ve been around to photograph for the preparation of weddings in the hall, for the Christmas party, birthdays, to watch the kids practice, to play foosball with the over 50s soccer team, and to simply be a part of the community.

 

This project’s goal is simple – to contribute to the preservation of this community, and to document them as they are now.

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