Unfortunately, the new expectation, whether internal or external, is to do it all. Our challenge is finding balance. Is it possible to maintain this frantic pace of doing everything without sacrificing our internal balance, without exhausting our internal resources?

My photograph "Balance" adresses this modern dilemma using that most elemental of connections, between a mother and child, as a starting point. Through composition, lighting and an alternative arrangement of the subjects' relationships it asks the question, "How do we maintain connections that nourish our spirits, in a world where accomplishment is the active word of the day?"

My photographs explore alternative ways of looking at the world around us, hoping that by presenting commonplace relationships, objects, and scenes from a different perspective,  I might arouse and stimulate the curious, engaged parts of ourselves that feed our creative spirit.