MoCP Publication Features "Cars at Christmas" from View From my Family Home

A pleasant surprise to see this image from “View From My Family Home” highlighted in the Museum of Contemporary Photography annual report for 2022.

“View From My Family Home” is featured in the Midwest photographers project at MoCP. Four additional images from the series are on view at Aurora University’s, Schingoethe, Center in their current exhibition “There’s No Place Like Home”, curated by Director Natasha Ritsma.

The exhibit at Schingoethe is up until April 28th. It’s well worth the trip to see this smart exhibition which gathers a host of artists considering various aspects and approaches around the concept of home.

My deep and heartfelt thanks to everyone at MoCP for your support of my work, always. And to Natasha Ritsma and the Schingoethe Center for this exhibition.

“View From My Family Home” looks at landscapes around the homes of four generations of my family, taking a personal view of a major change in America’s culture: the shift from a rural to an urban population.

In my parents’ generation, 75% of Americans lived on farms, while of my own generation, less than 2% do. My own family is a cross-section of this statistic and the project is rooted in a personal view of this intersection of nature and culture.

“View From My Family Home” looks at these landscapes as evidence of a way of life. It considers how we choose to live, the values of place we have inherited, the range of possibilities, and the choices available to us. I am interested in how we either struggle against or accept these limitations. This work contemplates both the interior and the exterior landscape, and our responsibility of place both public and private.