I grew up in a small town outside of Vancouver, Canada. As a kid, I rode my bike around my cul-de-sac wearing a hand-me-down wedding veil. Although I wish my parents had made a photo of me and my veil, I now make these photos with my family. I live with my husband, Den, son, Miles, daughter, Margot, our French bulldog, Franklin, and our tigercat, Hamilton, in Edmonton, Canada.
In 2014, I earned a PhD in Public Health from the University of Alberta, Canada. I spent years hanging out with my study participants, eating breakfast together, and chatting about our cats (I was an ethnographer). Today I’ve combined my love for using a documentary approach to research and photography to create photographs, document my experiences, and to consider the question, Who Am I?
My dad made this photograph of my mom with me while I took my first steps, 1982.
My mom died suddenly, and unexpectedly, on March 23, 2023. Two weeks after she died, I voice recorded my thoughts about time, family, life, and why I value photography.
Warning! I get personal.
In 1984 my dad used his tripod and his fully manual Minolta XD10 to make our family portrait. Nearly 20 years later, my dad then gifted me this camera, lenses, tripod, and his collection of the Time-Life Art/Photography books which I continue to read to learn about photography.