Almost Out The Door: Stories of Adolescence

This is a series of contemporary portraits, which document and explore the intersection in an adolescent's life bewteen the world of their friends and the world of their families. I have been collaborating with six adolescents to photograph them as they gather together in public and private places, with their intimate friends, family members, teachers and classmates. The photographs represent moments of exchange between individuals and groups- how these people created privacy or intimacy with their bodies and their gazes and the complex narrative that evolved over time as they connected and disconnected with each other. These digitally photographed and collaged panoramas are printed on archival media in sizes ranging from 12" x 28" to 18" x 75", with some images reaching the length of 90".