Taking Pause

Taking Pause is a collaborative portrait project that asks people to reflect on what in their lives feels most essential.  With what do we identify and connect most deeply? What truly matters to us, and why?

Participants are documented with two distinct portraits.  One of their physical selves and one of their reflective selves as seen through what they have chosen to share.

The goal of this project is to ask the same simple yet thought-provoking question — what is irreplaceable to you? — of the widest possible range of participants. 

Taking Pause combines photographs and stories in a visual and verbal narrative that explores the complexities and simplicities of what we value.  The intent is to document the differences and commonalities of these choices while engaging the spectrum of American diversity and disconnections.