I Live Here Now

“I Live Here Now” is the exploration of developing a character through stills to inspire a feature film. I visited the iconic San Luis Obispo hotel, the Madonna Inn, to get out of Los Angeles and focus on tackling some creative tasks that were overdue. When I got there I was immediately awestruck by the beauty and emotion evoked by the Inn’s essence. I felt like I was spending the night inside someone’s mind, inside of a living, breathing, work of art. The idea for several characters instantly struck me but I did not know the story in which these characters existed. This inspired me to take photos of them in order to find the narrative. I shot these pieces on 35mm and 120 film. The ideas...View all