Anni & Husband, West Chicago, IL (2006) |

Deacon & Daughter, Pilsen, Chicago, IL (2005)
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Diana & Daughter, St. Charles, IL (2005) |

Domenica, Visiting Bucktown, Chicago, IL (2006) |

Elisa, Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia,
IL (2005) |

Joanne & Husband, Uptown, Chicago, IL (2005) |

Lisa, Brian's Charhouse, West Chicago, IL (2005) |

Marisol, Husband, & Daughter, Galewood, Chicago,
IL (2005) |

Jen & Boyfriend, Lincoln Square, Chicago, IL
(2005) |
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At this point in history, Americans, particularly women, find themselves
revisiting dilemmas about work and marriage, careers and equality.
Women who came of age believing they could be all and have it all
are reconsidering their choices, questioning traditional assumptions
as well as once-radical alternatives.
Scholars and the mass media have examined these questions
at a macro level in their research and articles. I seek to portray real
women facing these diverse and profound personal choices as they approach
their 30s, and explore how their lives have changed as a result of them.
Each woman is finding answers in a particular and personal way, and
my photographs depict women as individuals, often in the sanctums of
their homes or work places, alone of with the persons with whom they
share their lives.
This body of work plumbs the nature of relationships between women and
their careers, their children, and their domestic partners. The ambivalence
of these peculiar situations prevails as a theme. This work attempts
to bear witness to what it is like to be a woman in this provisional
moment living for the time being.
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