Artist Statement:

In March 2020, as COVID-19 swept through Minnesota and the rest of the country, we entered lockdown. Daily life was reduced to essentials—grocery store runs, brief walks, and the quiet weight of isolation. The uncertainty, anxiety, and deep stillness of that time felt overwhelming. Photography became a way to navigate what I couldn’t yet articulate.

This series was created over the course of a single day, when I set out into the forest with no map and no destination. The decision to get physically lost mirrored the emotional disorientation I was carrying—grief, confusion, and the strange, suspended texture of time. The images that emerged reflect a world unmoored: stark landscapes, fractured details, and moments that feel caught between presence and absence.

Disoriented is a personal record of that day, but also a portrait of a larger, collective disquiet. It explores the relationship between external environments and internal unrest, asking how place can mirror emotion. In a time defined by uncertainty, these photographs offer space—for reflection, recognition, and resonance.