I have been interested in photography since early childhood, but it wasn’t until the middle of the pandemic in 2020-2021 that I decided to teach myself how to use a camera as an excuse to escape the suffocating nature of my home during lockdown. I began by using a digital camera that I found buried in a closet, but eventually moved to film when I bought a medium format film camera. I was obsessed with the process of film—an interest that would only grow after I enrolled into an Intro to darkroom class at the College of Staten Island during my second year. With that, I was certifiably obsessed with the entire darkroom process (printing and developing) and decided to dedicate as much time as I could to this process. From then on, every photo I took would be on film, and whichever I deemed “good” would be meticulously printed on darkroom paper.
This photographic series explores the subtle boundary between invitation and distance within domestic space. Most of the subjects are portrayed in their living rooms—the area traditionally reserved for receiving guests—positioning the viewer as a visitor momentarily welcomed into an intimate environment.
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