When I was in fifth grade I lost the ability to swallow

These are some pieces from my fall 2023 studio final, which was a group show in RISD's Red Eye Gallery. Here is my artist statement for this project: "I’ve been constantly thinking about the place that I stand in right now, both physically and mentally, and trying to come to terms with it. I do not recognize my life or my self anymore and it seems like I spend all my time trying to get everything back into a form that I recognize. So much time is spent in the past and on things that I wish hadn’t happened. I would like instead to focus on the present and accept that I don’t yet perceive it as my own. Here, I’ve chosen some of my recent photos that demonstrate a cohesive connection to where I am now, again, both physically and mentally, and the things that interest me. I’ve been attracted to themes of girlhood and coming of age, to experimentation with light and color, to photographs that aren’t planned, and to editorial fashion photography from the early 2000s; that inspiration and my desire to create based on my own psychogeography is what fueled this project".