My practice moves between documentary observation and conceptual narrative construction, treating photography as both record and language. I am interested in how places and objects hold evidence of heritage, culture, and memory and how they are reflected in human relationships. Lingering in specific environments long enough for their stories to surface, I document everyday structures and overlooked moments as way of mapping how identity adapts to geography and belonging.

I use narratives to interrupt the idea of straightforward documentation. Text, image, and archival materials often sit together, shifting photographs into stories. I’m drawn to the instability between fact and interpretation, and the ways intimacy, distance, and authorship can be staged or questioned. Across mediums, this form of investigative storytelling is less about resolving meaning than tracing how meaning is produced through context.

photo by Mandee Bertone