FEBRUARY 2020 - The only way to make sense of 2020 is to accept that you are living in a David Lynch movie.
MARCH 2020 - My baby left me and took the 45s. Now all I have are blank title strips.
APRIL 2020 - Homage to Lee Friedlander and the great toilet-paper-shortage of 2020.
MAY 2020 - How I wish I had some Springtime Fancy Cake.
JUNE 2020 - Spent my XXth birthday alone watching a vintage slide show projected against the wall of my empty pool.
JULY 2020 - My Kit-Cat Klock stopped working in July. Could his missing eye have anything to do with the pandemic??
AUGUST 2020 - Watching the clown while eating another TV Dinner.
SEPTEMBER 2020 - Eight months since my last salon appointment.
OCTOBER 2020 - The first passenger in my car this year.
NOVEMBER 2020 - Closing time at the local polling station.
DECEMBER 20, 2020 - Good morning. Hang in there. Help is on the way.
DECEMBER 24, 2020 - Christmas has been canceled. It's just as well since my Christmas tree gave up.
JANUARY 1, 2021 - No vacations or vacation photos were taken during this pandemic.
THINGS ARE JUST A LITTLE OFF
“Things Are Just a Little Off” is my latest body of work which was the result of isolation, crises, and loss. It covers a whole year, from the beginning of the quarantine until January 2021.
When the pandemic began, like many others, I was apprehensive about how to cope with being locked up at home alone for an undefined amount of time. To add to my concern over the COVID-19 crisis, I was continuing my life-long struggle with depression, had just lost my best friend of thirty years, and my partner of fifteen years had moved out weeks before the stay-at-home orders were issued in Los Angeles.
As a documentary photographer who loves being surrounded by people and who uses photography as one of my primary coping tools, I tried to come up with other artistic outlets that would give me the same therapeutic effect. My inspiration for the project came from a few of my favorites; Lee Friedlander’s ‘Little Screens’, Stephen Shore, and Martin Parr.
This project helped me get through challenging times and one can only hope that it will be a source of inspiration and strength for others who are enduring the same.