Still Lifes and Self Portraits

 
Medical models of a pelvis and several brains sitting on a windowsill

Found Still Life with Brains and Spine, 2021, digital photograph

[Image Description: A clear acrylic model head with an opaque, shiny brain faces forward on a windowsill. Next to it is a medical model of a lumbar spine and pelvis on a stand and two glossy partial brains. The blinds are open and slightly crooked, and behind them are the tops of nearby buildings. The edges of the blinds against the dark window frame echo the shape of the spine.]

A white person's neck and chest. They are wearing a floral button up and a necklace with the silhouette of a girl

Passing (Kissing Couple), 2021, digital photograph

[Image Description: My chest straight on from the neck down in front of a black background. I am wearing a black collared shirt with a burgundy and sage floral pattern and the top three white pearlescent buttons are undone, revealing a sliver of my white chest and a gold necklace shaped like a silhouette of a young girl. She is wearing a short dress and a ponytail and is leaning in with one leg bent behind her as if kissing someone, but they are obscured by the placket of my shirt.]

Two pears on the sidewalk surrounded by leaves

Found Still Life with Pears and Leaves, 2020, digital photograph

[Image Description: Two partially decomposed yellow pears are nestled together and covered in ants. They are framed by rich red and green leaves as well as a stick and marks on the pavement that point towards them. There is a single phlox flower behind the right pear.]

A pear, leaves, phlox, and yellowjackets sitting on the sidewalk in front of white boards

Found Still Life with a Pear, Phlox, and Yellowjackets, 2020, digital photograph

[Image Description: A yellow fallen pear sits on the sidewalk alongside leaves, two pink phlox flowers, and two yellowjackets. All the items are lined up along the base of a white wooden fence. The linear texture on the sidewalk points towards the items and echoes the weathered wood grain in the fence.]

Two pears on top of candlesticks covered by a plastic bag

Untitled (Two Pears), 2019, gelatin silver print, 12" x 8"

[Image Description: Two pears are perched on glass candlesticks and appear to float in a black background. A thin plastic bag cascades over them like a chapel veil, clinging to the pears and creating a fold that divides them. The way the bag bunches makes the stem of the left pear appear white against black, while the stem of the right pear is black surrounded by crinkled white.]

A white person’s blue gloved hand is crushing their other hand

Self-Exam, 2021, digital photograph

[Image Description: One of my white hands is in a blue nitrile medical glove and is crushing the other. The skin and fingers of the crushed hand flow out of the gloved hand, appearing almost liquid. The lighting is harsh and a strong, odd shadow is cast on the mauve wall behind the hands.]

A white person in a black slip dress wearing heavy makeup in front of a mauve background

Self-Portrait (at the Party), 2021, digital photograph

[Image Description: A half-length portrait of me, a white person with chin length brown hair, in front of a mauve wall. I am wearing a black slip dress, long earrings, and heavy makeup and have a concerned but somewhat unintelligible expression on my face. My face, neck, and chest are contoured by purple shadows forming a line down the center of my body.]