A deeply necessary summer recharge, captured through the lens. 📸 - This season became an illuminating time to accomplish things amidst the constant, chaotic business of moving between undergrad and grad school. My camera was glued to my side—a witness and a stabilizing force—documenting everything from tender family moments to massive geographic shifts. - It served as the central archive for this period of transition, a visual diary of identity being reformed. - The shots: 🎆 Fireworks from the intro, Planting flowers for mom, Selling my painting, Closing the Gallery Art Bar Residency in Urbana, Photographing my cousin’s engagement, Going to U-Haul (too many times), Driving on the highway, a Wedding & walk in the cemetery, Driving back to Champaign (sunset), Final nights in Urbana, Chicago Pride in June (street view), 4th of July in New Buffalo (sunset on the lake), Crossing Lake Michigan on a ferry, a stunning Glen Arbor sunset, and finally the landscape view of moving into Ypsi. -...