Shoreline
Shoreline Truck | Patterson Avenue, Richmond, Virginia | August 2025
Here’s what I love most about taking pictures. It gives me a reason to get up and get out into the world. It gives meaning to my life. It may not be a grand purpose in the scheme of things, but I treat my photography practice with reverence. I know the work I have done to care for others is important and necessary, but the making of these pictures is my passion. It is my life’s work. And I can’t imagine not doing it. But to keep going, sometimes I need to rest. I have stepped away gracefully. I have stepped away unknowingly. I have stepped away sadly. And I have separated from the work I love angrily, fearfully, and fretfully, too. I’ve worked hard to not shame myself for these detours and to wait patiently for the next turnaround.