As sweeping political shifts began reshaping the country, signed and sealed with that black, ominous Sharpie, my creative momentum faltered. What emerged in its place was a persistent unease, an ache for those most vulnerable to the rising tide of policy and rhetoric.
I soon understood that I needed a creative refuge, one rooted in the reality we were living, one that could witness and respond to the unraveling of our country. As a fine art still-life photographer inspired by the Dutch Masters, I turned to the language I know best: light, objects, and the quiet power of symbolism.
What began as an attempt to soothe my own unease grew into a body of work that observes and critiques our shifting political and cultural landscape. From this space, Bringing Injustice to Light was born.
Each image in the series offers illumination, revealing the ethical fractures and cultural destruction unfolding around us. Through carefully chosen objects, sculpted light, and the pairing of words and quotes, these still-life scenes become small altars of awareness. As we witness a nation in the grip of political erosion and its deepening democratic unraveling, this series is not only documentation. It offers a space for awareness, reckoning, and the possibility of seeing anew.
