I use my camera as a conduit to express grief, spirituality, and memory. I often compare my lived experience to the transformative suffering of the Book of Job in the Bible. Each photograph is a symbolic narrative of gentrification and the dire need for community.

Working with analog materials is a reminder that these images are physical records that document Palm Beach County’s history as it is being erased. The limited number of exposures on medium format film suggests how intentional I must be before I press the shutter. Yet with this unpredictable medium, once I develop and print each roll in the darkroom, it becomes a metaphor that all negatives eventually come to light.

I explore Palm Beach County as purgatory, creating a sense of dread and transformation while capturing historic locations and the communities that inhabit them. With each portrait, landscape, and still life, I create prophetic visions that echo the mysterious burning of the historic Styx community, unveiling how histories of erasure continue to influence Palm Beach County today.

As someone who was born in Belle Glade and raised in West Palm Beach, I have watched the place I call home gradually change. I feel as though it is my duty as an artist and native of Palm Beach County to use my photographs as a visual language that speaks to those whose histories and memories are often overlooked, preserving the stories of communities that risk being forgotten.