My late husband and I chose our home because of a tree. A ginkgo, in the backyard. This tree recalled my grandmother’s ginkgo in Mississippi, which she described in writing after my grandfather died. She noted its leaves didn’t fall gradually but all at once, revealing a brilliant trace and a sudden absence. When my husband died unexpectedly, I marked time through photographs. I packed our young son into my car and during summers we traveled, as if the distance might reorder things. We traveled through public parks and spaces heavy with our own history, including the land where my grandmother once mapped her own bereavement. Her Polaroids, made while living in solitude as a widow on our family’s farm, became a guide for the images I made 35 years later. My photographs, shown in conversation with hers, collapse time. Collectively, the images are articulations of mourning tracing a confluence of motherhood, memory, and grief.

All images are photographed with a Hasselblad 903swc or a Mamiya 6 using Fuji Provia. All prints are in editions of 5 with one artist proof.

Ginkgo arrives in 1-2 crates and contains 15 to 30 ready to hang 30” x 30” pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in custom frames and 10 to 20 Polaroid reproductions.

All images are framed to edge and floated behind plexi glass. Each frame measures 31” x 31” Each piece is fitted with wire and ready to install.

Linear Feet requirement: 55 to 100 feet: 1 crate = 55 feet / Both crates = 100 feet

Exhibition Available starting Summer 2026