ellis island
2024 - 2026
While photographing Ellis Island Hospital, I became interested in the history of the space and the invisible line between an immigrant’s arrival and their eventual entry into a new life. To reveal the stories I imagined within these walls, I began integrating family photographs and historical fragments into my images of the hospital’s ruins, creating a dialogue between family history and public record. These diptychs and collages examine the hospital not just as a physical ruin, but as a site where a history of uncertainty and hope intersects with the broader American experience.
