My research examines the use of archival imagery, written word, and various methods of organization to identify facets of personal history. The photographic works I create exert an overarching umbrella of control, and employ organizational structures to do so. These actions allow me to have the feeling of control over the past, present and future by reordering my environment. My thesis explores the culmination of these themes, using it as an opportunity to explore systems of management as I experience life events. The work explores an interest in the visual passage of time through order, often times contrasting moments at rest and moments of tension. In processing these periods of tension I explore mechanisms for privacy and actions of work. An overarching discussion of creating as a form of escapism emerges.
