Facing Ourselves: Reckoning

This portfolio is the unexpected third chapter of my ongoing "Facing Ourselves" project, begun in Italy in 2016. This work will be launched as a book, "Facing Ourselves: Reckoning" in the summer of 2021. All net proceeds will benefit social justice efforts in the United States and internationally.

These photographs from my small central California coastal community represent the microcosm of challenges we are facing, together and individually. In the process of creating this body of work I have found myself looking not only for answers, but sometimes struggling just to understand the questions. I hope in some small way this offering helps further the conversation.

How we face ourselves and each other is constantly evolving. Shall we turn towards, or away from, fear? Or shall we face the future head on, adapting to our new world with grace, generosity and caring?