Silver gelatin print
120 mm
Double-exposed 120mm negatives
Printed on Arches Platine Paper
Scanned / Printed Digitally
Scanned / Printed Digitally
Shot on expired film
Scanned / Printed Digitally
120 mm
(no. 2 double exposure)
Silver Gelatin Print
In my work as an undergraduate I was largely unfocused.
I worked meticulously and devotedly, but I was not guided by a throughline in my practice. My interests each semester seemed only to broaden. I managed to avoid the task of narrowing, (as art students are often encouraged to do). Even in my final semester, I was navigating the newness of working in three dimensions in my Advanced Sculpture Seminar under the guidance of Andrew Mowbray.
Then, with each visiting artist that came to my classes I would become all-too intent on following their given footsteps– I thought, Oh yes this is what I will do. And then, the next week I would meet, or simply come across the work of another artist and completely change direction. Or, looking at my professors, I would find myself enamoured with their work / teaching practice and begin to plan some sort of path of emulation. How, then, might I find a consistency, or the semblance of a passion, in my student life? It was clear I cared to be surrounded by art and artists. I cared about beauty and meaning and work that draws the eye and the mind and holds the attention of both. I enjoyed the act of admiration deeply; I was content, completely, in the role of a student.
It is now October of my first Fall out of school.
I have learned what it is to make work for my own pleasure, listening intently to my passing whims. Still, I seek to-admire the work of others, or their beliefs and tastes, but the urge to imitate has subsided. I am beginning to find recurring themes and visual interests in my darkroom-prints and recent video work.
I have met new collaborators that I see as peers, equals.
There is excitement in answering only to myself.
I am grateful and glad to have this year to work.
Though, I know, instinctively, that I would like to take my practice further. I am craving an environment that will push my work to a new depth; I want to see, and come to know, how others make work, meet new mentors (now that I am seeking to learn-from and absorb, deeply, rather than imitate). I would like to be a student again.
I am hoping to enroll in a one-year photography certificate program next Fall and then an MFA program in photography or visual media from there.
Class of 2026
Professor
Wellesley College
Andrew Mowbry
Professor
Wellesley College
Daniela Rivera
Professor
Wellesley College
Patty Hudak
Artist
Alternative Photo Processes
AdobeSuite
Digital Photography
Video-Editing
Exhibition Dsign
Exhibition Writing
Gallery Hanging
Drawing
Research Skills
Three-dimensional Design
Museum Education
Art Education
May 2026
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