I am working on a photo project of Family Portraits, considering the contemporary American Family at large, and focusing especially (but not exclusively) on outstanding families who have some (any) "non-traditional" quality about them. I'm stretching this concept extremely thin, so this may not apply to every family who participates, but it could mean: mixed-ethnicity families, same-sex parents, unmarried couples with children, unusually large families with many adopted children, families with more than two parents, groups of people who aren't legally recognized as family but who consider themselves family, or just about anything else that might set a family apart from what someone else (anyone at all) might consider a "normal" family. Now, I know there's no such thing as a real "normal" family. That's kind of the point. I am interested in considering what makes a family, though - particularly in the greater social context of contemporary American society.
Families whose stories can be told more easily through image are encouraged to participate, but I hope that any family who is interested will consider being a part of this project.
The images that come out of this project are for an ongoing body of work which began as my MFA thesis work at RISD. They will be exhibited in galleries & on this website, and will eventually be published in a book.
Families whose stories can be told more easily through image are encouraged to participate, but I hope that any family who is interested will consider being a part of this project.
The images that come out of this project are for an ongoing body of work which began as my MFA thesis work at RISD. They will be exhibited in galleries & on this website, and will eventually be published in a book.
