statement :: Dear Diary

The body of work,"Dear Diary" resides within the ideas of desire and regret. It started as an investigation of an internet classifieds section, "Missed Connections", on Craigslist. This is where people anonymously post recollections of what may have been, or a special moment or a connection with someone that was unfortunately missed. I obsessively read these "lost moments" and continuously became intrigued by the story telling process in what I like to call an online open diary. This is a place for fantasy, confessions, last chances, searching, and a home for 's own obsessions to surface. As I contacted subjects I realized that many stories existed on the Internet because they couldn't have a life anywhere else. Over time, the stories and people, painted a picture of how we communicate in modern day and our vulnerability as humans. The project came to a twist after a young woman living in Minneapolis was murdered after replying to a nanny posting, making it the first murder connected with Craigslist postings. I continued to work with the inspirations of peoples personal stories to create images that circle around the idea of human lust.