This series of images is concerned with places that people have had to or wanted to leave —their homes or a places of employment—where they spent an important part of their lives. For these people, parting was permanent and mandatory. In each image, the person left something of themselves behind. My photography seeks to explore what it must have been like to have lived or worked in these places and what the words and objects left behind say about the feelings and experiences of those who were there.
Four very different settings are shown in this series: 1) buildings left behind from the 50’s & 60’s by the tenant farming era in NC; 2) The Stone Mill in Lawrence, MA, where many people worked under harsh conditions early in the 20th century; 3) The Fernald Developmental Center, the oldest institution for people with developmental disabilities in the western hemisphere, which has been in the process of closing in the last five years; and 4) homes in Vermont destroyed by Hurricane Irene.
Note that this section of my website is a work in progress. I have many more images in each of these categories and hope to add them as time allows. Please come back or feel free to
ask me if you have questions.