The Space Between, is a series of photographs of my daughter that appear at first glance, to be mundane, ordinary, even banal. I use the subtle seductions of repeating forms, color and the play between stable and unstable lines to slow down the viewer and invite a longer look. My goal is to portray the psychic and productive space that she creates for herself – what I call a space "between”. This space between is multifaceted; the shift from being active to inactive, the passage from girlhood to womanhood, and the disparity between societal idealizations of childhood and actual experience.
Although my presence as the photographer may be apparent, there is captured, an underlying tension within the imagery that touches on themes of isolation and the loneliness inherent in the passage from child to adult.
My photographs witness my daughter just being in the world. Her trust that my eye will let her be and not ask her to perform is the wellspring for these images. I believe that her moments of solitude in my presence are part of her developing strength for action and presence. My holding her in my camera is ironically also my letting her go.