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From check in to check out, I use the motel room as a studio. Guests visit me in two-hour blocks in part studio visit and part photo shoot. Within a space that is both intimate and impersonal, my guests and I talk and collaborate on the images we will make. Each session creates unique images and are a product of concocted stories, shared memories and crossed physical and psychological boundaries.

Every motel has its own personality and vibe, just as its temporary inhabitants, and I am interested in the intersection of place, performance and play.

The first phase of the series took place at the Tahitian Inn in Tampa over two days in June 2015. I continue to process images from the shoot and will be posting more here. Future Please Disturb sessions are in the works and will take place at different motels.

Bubble Wrap Silhouette
Archival Inkjet Print
2015
Solar Flare II
Archival Inkjet Print
2016
Warm Mineral Springs Motel
Archival Inkjet Print
2016
Draped, Bedspread and Drapes
Archival Inkjet Print
Sizes variable
2016
You Seemed Interested
Archival Inkjet Print
Sizes variable
2016
Warm Mineral Springs Silhouette
Archival Inkjet Print
36x24
2017
We Went Out Conquering and to Conquer
Archival Inkjet Print
Variable
2017
Bubble Head
Archival Inkjet Print
2015
Drowning in a Desert
Archival Inkjet Print
36x24
2016
The Sands
Archival Inkjet Print
2016
It's French for Jealousy
Archival Inkjet Print
2017
That Liminal Space
Archival Inkjet Print on Cotton Rag Paper
2015
Exhales Sharply
Archival Inkjet Print
2017
Aim Higher
Archival Inkjet Print
2016
Freudian Slip
Archival Inkjet Print
2017
(Your) Pastels Belie Darker Desires
Archival Inkjet Print
Sizes variable
2016
Untitled (Shower)
Archival Inkjet Print
Sizes variable
2016
Please Do Not Disturb
Archival Inkjet Print
Sizes variable
2016
Hold My Hair, Would You?
Archival Inkjet Print
Variable
2016
Miami Vice on a Motel TV in Miami
Archival Inkjet Print
Sizes variable
2016
Pathological Optimism
Archival Inkjet Print
Sizes variable
2016
Drip Dry Gothic
Archival Inkjet Print
2016
Dawn Flotation
Archival Inkjet Print
Sizes variable
2016
Fringe Tendencies
Archival Inkjet Print
2016
Intersection of Light and Darkness
Archival Inkjet Print
Sizes variable
2016
Untitled (Child in Sequins with Shadow)
Archival Inkjet Print
Sizes variable
2016
Consequences of a Lesser Degree
Archival Inkjet Print
Sizes variable
2016
Forensically Speaking
Archival Inkjet Print on Cotton Rag Paper
Sizes variable
2015
Spandexical Landscape
Archival Inkjet Print
2015