marfa marfa marfa

her obscure magic called me for so long but it took me years to make it there.....finally this spring i got to marfa; to teach (ie laugh a lot, drink margaritas, take pictures with and force them to endure "inspring," monologues from yours truly)  a group of my favorite women who had already attended yan fam way number 1.0 but also to help yeah field trip teach a group of new and eager picture makers. here is a small sample of the images i made in that magical space in the middle of the desert. i could have made pictures there forever.

(all images shot on film. contax 645 • canon eos 3 • portra 400)

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hi.

i'm glad you're here. i'm glad you're you. whatever that you is. in whatever form. please don't stop being it. love, yan

big hearts small town

"return to you." -the mom (misty) in these photos to her two daughters while we took these. the phrase is still rattling around my insides.

cathlin now

"all you can do is all you can do, and all you can do is enough." - my mom

sun and soul

i met this family in maui in an unexpected way, years ago when i only had one child and was pregnant with my second. not a lot of people know that i lived in hawaii for the better part of 3 years. my feeling for the akinaka's then was the same i have for them now; there is so much i have to learn from these people.