Camp Days
2021 - 2025
Throughout my undergraduate studies, I lived and worked at The Oswegatchie Educational Center, a summer camp in the Adirondacks operated by the Future Farmers of America and a place I attended throughout my childhood. During this period, I consistently carried a camera, often working with expired 35mm film.
The resulting body of work captures the freedom, intimacy, and emotional intensity of camp life, from campers engaging with the natural environment and staff training exercises to the surrounding landscape as it shifts through the seasons. The project explores themes of youth, nostalgia, and escapism through nature. With much of the work being shot on expired film, an element of unpredictability is produced through washed out tones and color shifts that in hindsight, aptly mirror the fleeting and imperfect nature of these exciting years.
In addition to producing this work, I led a photography class at the camp during the summer of 2023, guiding campers through both technical skills and creative experimentation.
