In the Garden
There’s a certain exchange that takes place between the figure and the landscape. Ideas of blooming and decay, growth and awakening—all synonymous with human change and birth and aging. Perhaps the ultimate pairing in idea and image is a human portrait with a backdrop of Nature. This series of portraits of women works to dispel the widespread stereotype of Eve in the Garden of Eden.
My portraits make visible contemporary women of many ages and backgrounds—showing their strength, diversity, imagination and vulnerability. Each woman—in a nod to Eve—is accompanied by a garden element—whether set in a field, farm, grotto, yard, public park or indoor setting.
Photography witnesses that fraction of a second in which we live and breathe, the instant before moving on and morphing into something different. Portrait photography in particular brings me face to face with a unique being—whose thoughts I think I contain for a fleeting second—before letting go.
This series has been selected for the 26th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, non-pro series winner in "Portrait" and "Women Seen by Women" categories; Honorable Mention, 24th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, 2024; and exhibited in Art.Doc Photography Magazine, “The Unobserved,” online exhibition, October - November, 2024.