Flow

When the book arrives from the printer and I hold my work in my hands and turn the pages, I realize that when I am doing my best work, little to no thinking is happening in my mind. There is very little judgment in this kind of work. And if I have thoughts at all they are neutral, constructive, or creative. I do my best work when I am not thinking. (I often wake up with a list of ideas and things to try, and this all happens during the night as if by magic.) This is surprising. And at its heart, this practice allows the full authentic expression of who I am. This book and the others I have created are byproducts of my ability to surrender and trust. What an amazing feeling!

Printed by MILK photo books, 2026

photo book page displays

breathe in, breathe out

What I am trying to say is
I want this prayer to become
as automatic as breathing–
each exhale, prayer.
Each inhale, gratefulness.

—Revised, after Andrea Gibson, by Paula Gordon Lepp

Finding My Way

I do not want to be known through a handful of images, carefully cropped. I am so much more than any one project, any one period of time or series of subjects that happened to photograph well. I don’t have a “signature style.” What I do have is my very own temperament. The way that I respond and relate within my place in the world. My creative work is about what I edit and what I allow to remain unresolved. Things shift, and contradict one another, and sometimes refuse to settle. It’s all evidence of attention.