Glimpses of Their Garden, 20x24”, Archival Inkjet Prints, 2025
Inspired by Marie Menken’s 1957 film Glimpses of the Garden, her observational lyricism, and abstractionist attention to detail, I created a series of prints during a residency at Walkaway House in North Adams, Massachusetts, USA. Drawing from garden weeds—plants often dismissed as undesirable—and my time with inspiring queer artists and parents, I explored themes of growth, decay, value, and the overlooked beauty of both human and plant life. Weeds, often eradicated but persistently resilient, became a metaphor for queer ecological thought, highlighting the hierarchy of value and the ongoingness of life in the face of erasure.
This series was shaped by eco-conscious experimentation and queer ecological praxis. I developed black-and-white film using an eco-developer made from composted garden weeds, transforming discarded materials into a medium of creation. These negatives were reprinted onto scraps of 35mm film using a cyanotype formula, layering new imagery onto photographic leftovers. These processes reflect the central themes of reclamation, resilience, and reimagining value.
Silver Bloom, On-going print series (2025-),
8x10 Silver Gelatin Prints Made with Reclaimed Darkroom Silver Waste, Eco-developer, and Local Ferns, Lichen, Fungi, & Moss from the Pacific Northwest [Olympia, Seattle, Vancouver]
Wyoming, Risograph print series (2024), 8x10”
Over the past two years, I’ve developed a visual language that merges analog processes with experimental storytelling, culminating in the over 30 prints featured in a collection for short stories called WYOMING. Using a combination of found slide film sourced from eBay, newly shot film on the great planes of Wyoming and the deserts of Arizonia, and archival images from my research at the New York Public Library, I’ve created works that interpret and blend the anthology’s texts into layered, immersive visuals. These prints, rendered in cyan and red risographs, are designed to be viewed with 3D glasses, offering a tactile and dimensional experience that echoes the book’s own experimental nature.
Part choose-your-own-adventure, part exquisite corpse, and part fiction pyramid scheme, WYOMING is a 500-page anthology six years in the making, featuring over three dozen authors—both past contributors to The Cantabrigian and new voices. Each piece of writing was crafted specifically for this project, and together they create a sprawling, collaborative work of fiction that challenges form and invites discovery.
Print Series (2024)
Multiple Exposures, 35mm, Processed with an Eco-Developer made of Ginkgo Tea Developer
"Objectionable Fruit" is an print series (and future experimental documentary in collaboration with artist Gabby Follett) that explores the enigmatic world of the Ginkgo tree, a living fossil that has silently witnessed the unfolding of Earth's deep time. Ginkgo trees have endured since the days of the prehistoric, surviving through myriad epochs of pollution, aggressive urban planning, and escalating climate disasters. Known scientifically as Ginkgo biloba, this species possesses a fascinating biological characteristic: the ability to switch sexes, blurring the lines traditionally used to define male and female in plant reproduction. This unique adaptability serves as a powerful metaphor in the pieces, echoing the complexities and fluidities of gender identity as experienced and interpreted by the film’s creator.
Trockenblumen, On-going print series (2024-),
B&W Film, 4X5 Large Format, Multiple exposures, Processed with an Eco-Developer made of Dried Flowers
