Bio
Fresh out of high school in Baltimore, Maryland, Lisa ran
off to Europe and spent the next fifteen years traveling the world – first as a
street performer and fire-eater, then building her own recording studios in
London, singing in a British/Spanish punk band, strutting the catwalks as an
international fashion model for the world’s top designers, and appearing on the
covers of her favorite fashion magazines.
It was only after Lisa returned to the U.S. and started her
own commercial production company that she took the time to hone her photographic
skills.
Lisa currently lives in Los Angeles where she specializes in
shooting portraits and interiors as well as directs, shoots and edits videos
for the non-profit and ‘green’ markets.
Her work has been exhibited in group shows at the Julia Dean
Workshops, The Los Angeles Center for Photography, DnJ Gallery and the Andrew
Weiss Gallery.
Statement
I was given a great gift when I was able to move my aging
mother into my home to take care of her in her last years. Having spent my
adult life traveling away from her, I was finally able to see her everyday,
hear her laughter and look into her beautiful sky-blue eyes. I naively thought that being her 24/7
care-giver would not change my independent existence much, but I soon had to
put my own career and life on hold to fully provide her with the care she
needed.
I created my series “Mothering Mother” to better deal with
the emotions I felt after she passed away.
Remembering favorite childhood stories and myths, and immersing myself
in the language of symbols, I have constructed ‘story book’ images about
specific events we shared. Using landscapes I shot years ago and/or recently
specifically for this project as backgrounds, I photographed all the other
elements in my studio, many times using household items of my mother’s to
create the objects in the images. Even her
dog makes his appearance – how could he not –as he loved her dearly and was
with us at her passing.
Creating the images has been a cathartic experience for me
and has opened up a whole new way of expressing myself through my photography.
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