Civil Atrocities
Archival inkjet print, 2020
Variable dimensions
Civil Atrocities is my response to the Trump administration, the events leading up to the 2020 election, and the January 6, 2021 insurrection. At its core, man’s inhumanity to man. The tableaux I photographed for this series were created with children’s toy soldiers and dolls rooted in imaginative play, where toys were often stand-ins for a child’s simplistic views of right and wrong, good and evil. As I live with the threats of the compounded horrors of a powerful embracing of fascism, war, violence, social injustices, and the climate crisis my work represents the destruction and fear I feel threatening my survival.