Artist Statement

My work examines the relationship between individual presence and collective impact, particularly within Black communities and urban environments. Through photography, I document moments that exist within ongoing cycles of cause and effect—where gestures, environments, and histories intersect in ways that are often overlooked.

I am interested in disrupting these cycles, especially those shaped by inherited trauma and systems that continue to influence how Black subjects are seen and understood. By isolating and framing these moments, I create space for the viewer to pause and question their role as both observer and participant.

Rather than offering resolution, my images ask “why?”—why we respond the way we do, why certain narratives persist, and how perception itself can reinforce or challenge those patterns.

My practice is influenced by photographers such as Gordon Parks and Dorothy Wright Tillman, whose work used image-making as a tool for reflection and change. Following that lineage, I use photography not only to document, but to question, disrupt, and reframe.

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