Statement

The first photograph, which touched my life was of my parents leaving the hospital after I was born: they look genuinely happy, staring down at me. This black and white silver gelatin, single- weight paper print, with serrated edges (a decorative attribute of the time) continues today to make me feel satisfied, almost like a lucky charm. Most of us are exposed to photography within seconds, hours or days of coming into the world. A day does not go by that I am not fascinated with the impact that photography has on our lives: how people use photography to express themselves, investigate and experience life, see the world and influence how we see as well as make us question what we cannot see, but feel in a photograph. I learn every time I look at new work or edit work. As a curator, my priority is to provide platforms for the future of photography, even when it involves the past.