Kicking off the new year with a travel documentary family photography session!
I love noticing and making art out of the rhythms of home life because “home” is a story we all know and are shaped by, so I’m as surprised as anybody by how much I love documenting these adventures that families go on when they come to Taiwan. There’s still so much to notice—relationships, touches, glances, rolled eyes, actions and reactions, exhaustion, wonder. People are who they are even when they’re not in their usual environment. If home is a story that’s more about the characters than the setting, then it’s a story that can be told anywhere.
Documenting Family on Vacation
I thought I knew what I would be photographing when I started documenting families: people at home among their things and their routine; wanting to preserve a slice of life while they were in their element. What I didn’t expect was how many people would hire me to document their families while they were out of their element, crammed in a hotel room with underwear drying on a shower curtain and suitcases that looked like they had projectile vomited diapers and onesies across the room.