>> FOR ME, PHOTOGRAPHY IS ALL ABOUT FEELING.

I WAS OBSESSED WITH OLD FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS WHEN I WAS LITTLE, AND JUST LIKE LOOKING THROUGH THEM AND ALL OF THE EMOTIONS THAT THEY KIND OF STIRRED UP WITHIN ME.

A SENSE OF LONGING, BELONGING, GRIEF, AND LIKE BEAUTY.

AND SO, FROM THERE, YEAH, I JUST WAS REALLY FASCINATED BY THIS IDEA THAT A SINGLE, FLEETING MOMENT CAN REALLY SHAPE US FOREVER, AND HOW PHOTOS REALLY SHAPE LIKE OUR SENSE OF IDENTITY AND WHO WE ARE.

FOR ME, CELEBRATING OUR BODIES, WOMEN'S BODIES, IS LIKE SO CRUCIAL AND PARAMOUNT TO MY WORK, AND IT'S REALLY PERSONAL FOR ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS A KID IN THE 90s, AND I GREW UP INTERNALIZING THIS BELIEF THAT YOU KNOW, WOMEN'S BODIES WERE JUST THERE TO BE CONSUMED OR DESIRED.

AND THAT DIDN'T REALLY SHIFT FOR ME UNTIL I STARTED TAKING SELF-PORTRAITS AND ALLOWING OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS TO PHOTOGRAPH ME, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT I TRUSTED.

THAT SHIFT, THAT TRANSFORMATION, IS LIKE THE REASON I KEEP GOING.

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT SEEING YOURSELF THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE'S EYES CAN BE SO HEALING.

AND SO, YEAH, I ALWAYS TRY TO BRING THAT SENSE OF LIKE AUTONOMY AND POWER TO THE SHOOT.

AND FOR ME, IT'S LIKE THIS PHOTO IS ALMOST LIKE AN ECHO OF THE EXPERIENCE.

WHAT REALLY DRIVES ME IS HOW WE CAN HAVE THIS MOMENT TOGETHER IN LIKE OUR SHARED VULNERABILITY, AND HOW THAT CAN LIKE ALLOW YOU TO FEEL MORE IN YOUR BODY, AND THE TRUST THAT I AM GOING TO LIKE MIRROR BACK TO YOU, YOUR POWER AND YOUR STRENGTH.

I TRULY BELIEVE EVERYONE IS PHOTOGENIC.

FOR ME, IT'S NOT ABOUT POSING A PERSON OR ABOUT BEING PERFECT IN A PHOTO OR WHAT IS THE MOST FLATTERING.

FOR ME, IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT LIKE BEING PRESENT, BEING VULNERABLE WITH ME AND WITH YOURSELF.

AND ALSO, JUST LIKE HAVING COMPASSION FOR YOURSELF AND TRYING TO, LIKE, SHOW THE PERSON THAT LIKE YOUR BODY IS WORTH CELEBRATING.

[ INAUDIBLE ] I WOULD SAY FOR ME, I MAKE A VERY INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO CONNECT WITH THE PERSON THAT I AM PHOTOGRAPHING SO THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, AND UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE THEM AS SOMETHING TO JUST MERELY BE OBSERVED.

IT REALLY IS ABOUT HAVING THIS EXPERIENCE TOGETHER.

THE RESULTING PHOTO IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE ICING ON THE CAKE.

THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT APPROACHES I TAKE TO MY PHOTOGRAPHY.

ONE OF THEM IS LIKE I WILL GET JUST THIS RECURRING, LIKE, COMPULSIVE LIKE VISUAL IN MY HEAD OR A MEMORY OR A FEELING, AND I WILL SEEK TO RE-CREATE THAT IN A PHOTOGRAPH, BUT MY PREFERRED WAY TO WORK IS TO GO OUTSIDE, GO TO A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION WITH A PERSON, AND SEE WHAT NATURE IS GIVING US, WHAT IS THE LIGHT DOING?

WHAT STATE IS THAT PERSON IN, AND LET'S JUST SEE WHAT WE CAN MAKE IN THE MOMENT, AND I AM JUST SO ENDLESSLY INSPIRED BY NATURE AND OUR BODY'S CONNECTION TO NATURE, ESPECIALLY WOMEN, IT'S LIKE EXTREMELY FEMININE, GROUNDED, POWERFUL, HEALING, AND SO, FOR ME, LIKE PHOTOGRAPHING WOMEN IN NATURE JUST MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.

I FEEL LIKE THAT IS OUR HOME, IT'S WHERE WE ARE CONNECTED, JUST, YOU KNOW, THE WAY OUR FINGERPRINT CAN LOOK LIKE THE TREE RINGS AND ALL THESE, UM, SIMILARITIES WE HAVE TO THE EARTH.

AND, YEAH, I THINK IT IS JUST THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING.

[ INAUDIBLE ] OF NATURE, JUST LIKE THESE PILLARS OF MY WORK, AND THEN ADDING IN THE HUMAN AND SEEING HOW THAT CAN ALL COME TOGETHER TO FEEL LIKE AS CELEBRATORY AS POSSIBLE, AND I THINK I LOVE COLOR SO MUCH BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT NATURE MAKES, LIKE, I'M JUST LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THE COLOR OF THAT POMEGRANATE OR LIKE THE COLOR OF THESE FLOWERS, LIKE HOW --HOW DOES THIS EXIST?

HOW DO WE HAVE EYES TO SEE IT?

LIKE IT'S JUST --TO ME, IT'S JUST THIS DEEP SENSE OF GRATITUDE, AND PHOTOGRAPHY IS LIKE THE WAY I PRACTICE THAT GRATITUDE.

>> [ MUSIC ] >> WHAT I HOPE PEOPLE TAKE AWAY FROM MY WORK IS MAYBE LIKE A SENSE OF APPRECIATION FOR THEIR OWN BODIES, AND MAYBE WITH -- LEAVING WITH A FEELING OF NOT BEING JUDGED, BUT BEING LIKE HELD AND SEEN, UM, THAT'S REALLY LIKE THE MOST REWARDING THING TO ME.

I THINK AS WOMEN, WE ARE SO HARD ON OURSELVES, AND JUST HAVING LIKE ONE EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU KIND OF LIKE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE IN THAT MOMENT, YOU KIND OF LIKE FORGET ABOUT YOUR BODY AND YOU BECOME MORE CONNECTED TO THE POWER OF BEING CELEBRATED.