I took a 15-ish year break from photography and started again by photographing my kids. Over time, however, I found myself using my camera to explore my life. Because, as Richard Feynman suggests, “everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”

Then my mom died. My camera became a way to move through grief and ask, “How do I make it through the day?” That question expanded into others: about family, marriage, running, and ultimately, who I am.

I began spending time with families, coming to their home, hanging out, and photographing their daily life. Nearly five years later, I’m still with them. Why? To understand how families make it through the day.

I’ve come to see that time, especially with kids, is strange, it moves fast and slow, all at once. What feel ordinary, actually isn’t. When you look deeply, our lives are incredibly interesting.

I often think of the last lines of Mary Oliver’s The Summer Day:

Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?

This work is my answer.

I want to get to know you and your family deeply, and to show you how interesting, complicated, and wonderful your life is.