Faults in my Code

(Preliminary statement) Over the past five to six years, I’ve been coming to grips with mental health struggles that I’ve only begun to normalize as part of the ever-evolving me. I never thought I’d use photography to work through things so directly, but I hope to explore deep-seated elements of trauma, depression, anxieties and regrets with this work in hopes to find some catharsis. I’ve spent so many sleep-deprived nights mulling over the details of this project and reliving the pain that most of you know little, if nothing, about. To top it all off, I find myself working upside down, rather than shooting revealing the concept, my concept is solid for once before I’ve taken a single shot. I’m sure this means I’ll be sharing a lot of creative dead-ends and unpolished attempts. So here I go, baring it all, jumping in the deep end without knowing how to swim…